TO ________.
 
        Give me but the energy,
            That guides thy dauntless will;
        Give me but thy ardent hope,
            That no reverse can chill;
 
        Thy buoyant soul, that on life's sea,
            No billows can o'erwhelm,
        When Faith sits smiling through the clouds,
            And Reason holds the helm;
 
        Give me these qualities of thine,
            In such a meet alliance,
        And I, like thee, upon the fates
            Will smile a calm defiance.