TRANQUILITY.
We well may keep a tranquil mind
Whatever changes meeting,
The world is happier we find
For ev’ry pleasant greeting.
How easy then to work away
At each new problem set us,
For even on the darkest day
Some gleam of hope has met us.
There is no hill so hard to climb,
We may not reach the summit;
There is no task, but patience, time,
Will grandly overcome it.
We cannot look for light in vain,
Behold it all around us;
Perplexing paths shall be made plain,
When victory has crowned us.
NO DUTY IS TOO DIFFICULT TO DO.
Attentive to the work the will requires
The hand achieves the task the heart desires;
No duty is too difficult to do,
The end in view.
The end in view, if hope, or love, it be;
Content, when it can set a brother free;
Or bid him move rejoicing on his way
The while ’tis day.
Attentive to the work the will requires,
The hand perfects the task the heart desires,
No duty is too difficult to do,
The end in view.