1. My heart and patience have been companions since their creation
They have sincerely shared without separation

2. I walk steadily though troubles pursue me
Sometimes humbled, at others unbowed

3. Fate cannot make me submit
Nor can its terrors fill my heart with dread

4. I bend my ribs with every calamity
Upon a heart that knows no disquiet

5. Neither fear of doves nor being hemmed in
Have I known it flutter or take fright