The joy of wingéd things upon their flight;

The joy of noon-day, and the tried

True joyousness of eventide;

The joy of labor, and of mirth;

The joy of air, and sea, and earth—

The countless joys that ever flow from Him

Whose vast beneficence doth dim

The lustrous light of day,

And lavish gifts divine upon our way.

Whate’er there be of sorrow