As lightly and free
and as free
Ten thousand stars were in the sky,
Ten thousand on the sea;
For every wave, with dimpled face,
That leaped upon the air,
Had caught a star in its embrace
And held it gently trembling there.
To accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference.
---Reinhold Niebuhur
