Warms thought to action, and the blind

And sluggish will sunk into ease

Of ineffective lethargies

It stirs to life again.

Grief is the cold air of the soul!

It chills and blights the flowers,

In urgent gusts it sways and smites,

Freezing the source of all delights;

But roots grow strong by dint of storm,

And, when the spring awakes, they form