41.
As the conditions change, we rise to higher
Enjoyment of the life which they unfold;
We are not torn by false or vain desire,
Nor tortured with the slow but cleansing fire
That burns the dross and purifies the gold;
But calmly and serenely on we keep
Our course to beauties and to joys untold;
No more our eyes are called upon to weep,
No more we sink in dull and all-unconscious sleep.