They are dancing before them, age and youth,

Laurels or thorns are bound on a brow.

They hunt and slay for a thing called Truth.

Dig for treasure, toil for riches,

Struggle for place—it is well enough!

Some lift their busts into chosen niches.

All are hungry for peace and love.

And only a few are blind, dispute

The thing is a dream. If there be worth

It lies in the strings of the lyre or lute,