Calmly take what ill betideth;  
  Patience wins the crown at length:  
  Rich repayment him abideth  
  Who endures in quiet strength.  
  Brave the tamer of the lion;  
  Brave whom conquered kingdoms praise;  
  Bravest he who rules his passions,  
  Who his own impatience sways.
"Die wiedergefundenen Söhne" [The Recovered Sons] (1801) as translated in The Monthly Religious Magazine Vol. 10 (1853) p. 445.























