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DISAPPOINTMENT.
From north or south, or east or west
Whatever wind that blows, is best,
Who sails the sea of life must brave
The tempest and the angry wave.
Man may not bid the wind to stay,
Nor hold the bitter cold away,
God has not given man the power
To rule the weather for an hour.

Man does not wish to weep, and yet
Oft shall his eyes with tears be wet.
He does not choose to suffer pain,
To face the days of driving rain
Or bow to disappointment's blow;
Yet as the long years come and go
Full many a broken dream and plan
Shall test his courage as a man.

Man cannot master wind nor wave,
But need not to himself be slave.
Him he can master, him compel
To bear with disappointment well;
To brave the bitter cold and rain
Which mar his day, and not complain.
This is God's hope and dream for him:
He shall grow bigger than his whim.

Lord, when fair skies I'd choose, and
find
The day is dreary and unkind,
When disappointment keen I meet
And gray clouds hide the sun I'd greet,
Let me not fling my faith away,
But let me calmly face the day.
Grant me the strength to rise each
morn
And bravely bear what must be borne.

--Edgar A. Guest.
Copyright, 1923, by Edgar A. Guest.