Upright, serene, humane,
Contented with the fortune of a day.
The poem follows simple, but no less picturesque phrase, as becomes Saint Kavin, and is, from the technical side, quaint and artistic. On the philosophical, it develops at first the initial thought that one shall “keep his soul”
Joyous and sane and whole
by obeying the word
That bade the earth take form, the sea subside,
and that
When we have laid aside
Our truculence and pride,
Craven self-seeking, turbulent self-will,—