PREPAREDNESS

For all your days prepare,

And meet them ever alike:

When you are the anvil, bear—

When you are the hammer, strike.

LINCOLN, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE[[13]]

When the Norn Mother saw the Whirlwind Hour

Greatening and darkening as it hurried on,

She left the Heaven of Heroes and came down

To make a man to meet the mortal need.