ALL'S FOR THE BEST

All's for the best; be sanguine and cheerful;

Trouble and sorrow are friends in disguise;

Nothing but folly goes faithless and fearful,

Courage forever is happy and wise.

All's for the best, if a man would but know it;

Providence wishes us all to be blest;

This is no dream of the pundit or poet,

Heaven is gracious and all's for the best.

All's for the best; then fling away terrors;

Meet all your fears and your foes in the van;

And in the midst of your dangers or errors,

Trust like a child, while you strive like a man.

All's for the best; unbiased, unbounded,

Providence reigns from the east to the west;

And, by both wisdom and mercy surrounded,

Hope, and be happy, that all's for the best.

--Martin Farquhar Tupper.