Compensation

"Each loss has its compensation There is healing for every pain, But the bird with a broken pinion Never soars so high again."

"Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days."

"As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head."

"Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum: Multa recedentes adimunt."

"'Tis always morning somewhere in the world."

"Give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."

"O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes! O drooping souls, whose destinies Are fraught with fear and pain, Ye shall be loved again."

"'Tis always morning somewhere."

"Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us, The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking, 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking, No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer."

"Merciful Father, I will not complain. I know that the sunshine shall follow the rain."

"Sæpe creat molles aspera spina rosas."

"Long pains are light ones, Cruel ones are brief!"

"The burden is equal to the horse's strength."

"That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivel'd in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain."

"Primo avulso non deficit alter aureus."

"And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief."