They raise in pious hearts a harvest of rich yield.
If thou shouldst see a trunk that’s blighted, dead, and dry,
Attribute not this state to quickening air’s supply.
The air still quickens, though dead stumps feel not its power.
’Tis only what’s alive, that freshens by a shower.145
The Prophet gave advice: “From breezes cool, in spring,[271]
Your bodies cover not; they’re invigorating.
Allow them, then, full play; they’ll give your sinews strength.
See how, with them, the trees are clothed with leaves, at length.
Beware, however; autumn’s chills ye must not court.