Poems (Coolidge)/Impatience

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IMPATIENCE
Check the hasty answer;
 Smooth the wrinkling brow;
By and by, repentant,
 Thou wilt grieve for now.

Check the thought that frets thee;
 In a little while
Thou thyself wilt conquer,
 Winning with a smile.

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