A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

232. GOOD PRECEPTS, OR COUNSEL

     In all thy need, be thou possest
     Still with a well prepared breast;
     Nor let the shackles make thee sad;
     Thou canst but have what others had.
     And this for comfort thou must know,
     Times that are ill won't still be so:
     Clouds will not ever pour down rain;
     A sullen day will clear again.
     First, peals of thunder we must hear;
     When lutes and harps shall stroke the ear.