But he is still the wiser, nobler smith

Who can unlock his own heart best.

BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE

How can misfortune but a blessing be

And slight mishaps be called unkind?

Oft the lessons we learn in a single evil turn

Are more than all success combined.

If only we knew the lordly benisons

That come from the tempest, the winds and the rain,

We would not curse the cloud-reft heavens so,