A calmer, freer soul is here;
I dream not as I dreamed of yore, 15
Awake to sin, awake to fear;
I own the earth,—I see, I hear,
I feel;—oh, may I dream no more!
Farewell, wild world of bygone days,
Here let me now more safely tread! 20
I ask no glory’s vagrant blaze,
To dance around my shining head:
Be peace and hope my crown instead,