Poems (Botta)/To - (4)
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For works with similar titles, see To — (Botta).
TO .
Give me but the energy,
That guides thy dauntless will;
Give me but thy ardent hope,
That no reverse can chill;
That guides thy dauntless will;
Give me but thy ardent hope,
That no reverse can chill;
Thy buoyant soul, that on life’s sea,
No billows can o’erwhelm,
When Faith sits smiling through the clouds,
And Reason holds the helm;
No billows can o’erwhelm,
When Faith sits smiling through the clouds,
And Reason holds the helm;
Give me these qualities of thine,
In such a meet alliance,
And I, like thee, upon the fates
Will smile a calm defiance.
In such a meet alliance,
And I, like thee, upon the fates
Will smile a calm defiance.