In this fair world of God’s. Had we no hope

Indeed beyond the zenith and the slope

Of yon grey blank of sky, we might grow faint

To muse upon eternity’s constraint

Round our aspirant souls; but since the scope

Must widen early, is it well to droop,

For a few days consumed in loss and taint?

O pusillanimous heart, be comforted

And like a cheerful traveler, take the road,

Singing beside the hedge. What if the bread