Read the poem carefully. Jot down some comments or questions that pop into
your mind as you read the title and the stanzas. You may write the summary of each
stanza or inferences you draw as you read the selection. Copy first the chart below
in your activity notebook. Write your annotation in the copied chart after. Do not write
anything on the module.
Selection
Annotation
Three Words of Strength
by Friedrich von Schiller
There are three lessons I would write,
Three words as with a burning pen,
In tracings of eternal light
Upon the hearts of men.
Have hope. Though clouds environ round
And gladness hides her face in scorn,
Put off the shadows from thy brow,
No night but hath its morn.
Have faith. Where'er thy bark is driven,
The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth,
Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven,
The inhabitants of earth.
Have love. Not love alone for one
But man, as man thy brothers call,
And scatter like a circling sun,
Thy charities on all.​