Resignation

Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor;And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.

— Resignation

Bends to the grave with unperceived decay,His heaven commences ere the world be past.

— Resignation

That's bestWhich God sends. 'Twas His will: it is mine.

— Resignation

The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs,If a star fell to set their thatch on flame.

— Resignation

Thus ready for the way of life or death,I wait the sharpest blow.

— Resignation

To be resign'd when ills betide, Whose fragrance smells to heaven.

— Resignation

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.

— Resignation

To will what God doth will, that is the only science That gives us any rest.

— Resignation

It seem'd so hard at first, mother, to leave the blessed sun,And that good man, the clergyman, has told me words of peace.

— Resignation