Resolve

Build on resolve, and not upon regret,
  the structure of thy future.
Do not grope among the shadows of old sins,
  but let thine own soul's light
  shine on the path of hope
  and dissipate the darkness.

Waste no tears upon the blotted record of lost years,
  but turn the leaf and smile, oh, smile,
  to see the fair white pages that remain for thee.

Prate not of thy repentance, but believe the
  spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.

That which the upreaching spirit can achieve
  the grand and all-creative forces know;
  they will assist and strengthen as the light
  lifts up the acorn to the oak tree's height.

Thou hast but to resolve, and lo! God's whole
  great universe shall fortify thy soul.

                                 --Ella Wheeler Wilcox