You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Blessing star forth forever; but a curse
Is like a cloud--it passes.

Blessing star forth forever; but a curse
Is like a cloud--it passes.

To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd,
In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.

To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd,
In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.

'Tis not for mortals always to be blest.

'Tis not for mortals always to be blest.

Amid my list of blessings infinite,
Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled."

Amid my list of blessings infinite,
Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled."

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.

For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

O close my hand upon Beatitude!
Not on her toys.

O close my hand upon Beatitude!
Not on her toys.

There's no disaster that can't become a blessing, and no blessing that can't become a disaster

There's no disaster that can't become a blessing, and no blessing that can't become a disaster