If thou art tempted by a thought of ill, br Crave not too soon for victory, nor deem br Thou art a coward if thy safety seem br To spring too little from a righteous will; br For there is nightmare on thee, nor until br Thy soul hath caught the morning's early gleam br Seek thou to analyze the monstrous dream br By painful introversion; rather fill br Thine eye with forms thou knowest to be truth; br But see thou cherish higher hope than this,- br hope hereafter that thou shall be fit br Calm-eyed to face distortion, and to sit br Transparent among other forms of youth br Who own no impulse save to God and bliss.