If caution outstrips courage in
heart of you or mind
little will be lost or won
early will you find.
If on the other hand you let
courage outstrip grace
part of what's so boldly got
will prove, alas, a loss.
So eagle match you with the dove,
doe the tiger bright,
and with that spear of burning
gold
bear too the golden wheat.
Sound out as horn from crag - as flute
melodious in a glade,
Be stilled at the core, take
arrow's flight
Be bloom. Be blade.
-Doris Peel