Who is bravest
      Of my four friends? 
    Thou that slavest,
      And self all spends;
    Thou that savest,
      And usest never;
    Thou that cravest,
      With no endeav-or,
    Thou that gavest,
      And hast forever?

XLI.

      Numen
      Lumen,
    I can do without praise,
      I can do without money: 
    I have found other honey
     To sweeten my days;
    And the Kaiser may wear his gold crown
    While I on his splendor look down.

XLII.

     God thy Light! 
     Then is Right
    Life’s own polar star;
    All thy fortunes are
     Gifts that come from Him,
     Filling to the brim
    Life’s great golden cup,
    And thy heart looks up!

XLIII.

    A debtor to hate,
     A debtor to money,
    Forever may wait
     And never have honey. 
    A debtor to love
     And sweet benefaction,
    Hath treasures above,
     A heart’s satisfaction.

XLIV.

    God is a liberal lender
     To those who use,
     But not abuse,
    And daily statements render;
    And here’s the beauty of it—­
    He lends again the profit!

XLV.

    Days of heroic will
    Which God and duty fill,
    Are evermore sublime
    Memorials of Time. 
    That such thy days may be
    Is my best wish for thee.

XLVI.

    Self-sacrifice
    Finds Paradise;
    Hearts that rebel
    Are gates of Hell. 
    Goals of all races
    Are these two places.

XLVII.

    The blushes of roses
    And all that reposes
    Sublime in a hero
    Affixed by his zero—­
    Ah, you will complete him,
    As soon as you meet him.

XLVIII.

    Maidens passing into naught,
    What a work by them is wrought! 
     Not prefixes,
     But affixes
    On the better side of men—­
    See! they multiply by ten.

XLIX.

    The golden key of life,
    True maiden crowned a wife. 
    What then are toil and trouble,
    With strength to meet them, double?

L.

    True Heaven begins on earth
    Around a common hearth,
    Or in a humble heart—­
    Thy faith means what thou art,
    And that which thou wouldst be;
    Thou makest it, it thee.