Against thyself, crowning their victory

By loose despair, or seeking rest in death.

More wise, betake thee to those sylvan haunts

Thou knewest when young, and, once again a child,

Let their perennial loveliness renew

Thy natural faith and childhood’s heart serene.

Forgetting all the toilsome pilgrimage,

Awake from strife and shame, as from a dream

Dreamed by a boy, when under waving trees

He sleeps and dreams a languid afternoon.