That hath kept watch o’er man’s mortality!
Another race hath been, and other palms are won,
Thanks to the human heart by which we live.
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
L’ALLEGRO
By John Milton
Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
Jest and youthful Jollity,