Much is taken...much abides

Though much is taken, much abides;

And though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven,

that which we are, we are;

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

From the book "Breakdown",
Read in 2003-04.
About a man's journey with bipolar mood disorder.