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Charles Lamb - Good Temper
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In whatsoever place resides
Good Temper, she o`er all presides;
The most obdurate heart she guides.


Even Anger yields unto her power,
And sullen Spite forgets to lower,
Or reconcilëd weeps a shower;


Reserve she softens into Ease,
Makes Fretfulness leave off to tease,
She Waywardness itself can please.


Her handmaids they are not a few:
Sincerity that`s ever true,
And prompt Obedience always new,


Urbanity that ever smiles,
And Frankness that ne`er useth wiles,
And Friendliness that ne`er beguiles,


And Firmness that is always ready
To make young good-resolves more steady,
The only safeguard of the giddy;


And blushing Modesty, and sweet
Humility in fashion neat;
Yet still her train is incomplete,


Unless meek Piety attend
Good Temper as her surest friend,
Abiding with her to the end.
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