GOOD PRECEPTS OR COUNSEL.
by Robert Herrick


IN all thy need be thou posses'd
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,
Then lutes and harps shall stroke the ear.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 57.


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