Pray God the heart may kindly glow,
Although the heart with cares be bent,
And whitened with the winter-snow.
Come wealth or want, come good or ill,
Let young and old accept their part,
And bow before the Awful Will,
And bear it with an honest heart.
Who misses, or who wins the prize?
Go, lose or conquer as you can:
But if you fail, or if you rise,
Be each, pray God, a gentleman,
A gentleman, or old or young!
(Bear kindly with my humble lays);