And knew well what the heart could endure.

Let the morrow take care for the things of itself,

And not by its weight crush thee down;

Sufficient to-day is the evil thereof,

Let the ills of to-morrow alone.

Neither boast of to-morrow, for what is thy life,

But a vapor that floateth away;

Like a tale quickly told, or a dream of the night,

That departs at the breaking of day.

Be not like the man who once said in his heart,