| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Expectation | | By Thomas Stanley (1625–1678) |
| | | CHIDE, chide no more away | |
| The fleeting daughters of the day, | |
| Nor with impatient thoughts outrun | |
| The lazy sun, | |
| Nor think the hours do move too slow; | 5 |
| Delay is kind, | |
| And we too soon shall find | |
| That which we seek, yet fear to know. | |
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| The mystic dark decrees | |
| Unfold not of the Destinies, | 10 |
| Nor boldly seek to antedate | |
| The laws of Fate; | |
| Thy anxious search awhile forbear, | |
| Suppress thy haste, | |
| And know that Time at last | 15 |
| Will crown thy hope, or fix thy fear. | | | | |
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