CALMLY to wait whatever Chance may give By Fate's decree Alone brings happiness, and makes man live Fearless and free. The things of this world, owning Time's control, Move neath His sway; But Time is swift, and swift the seasons roll Briefly away. Once knowledge dwelt beside the Nile, then passed To Greece alone; Then Rome had joy of it, that now at last Paris doth own. Cities and kingdoms perish and make room For others new That live awhile in glory of their bloom, Then perish too. So arm thyself in firm Philosophy Gainst Fate's control; Be nobly brave, and with her precepts high Gird up thy soul. Then whatsoever change may meet thine eyes Fear not at all, Though the abyss should rise and be the skies And the skies fall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MENAPHON: DORON'S JIG by ROBERT GREENE THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK by CLAUDE MCKAY PHANTOMS ALL by HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD DEATH AT DAYBREAK by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH TO THE MISS WEBSTERS, WITH DR. AIKIN'S WISH by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |