The whole world’s lethargy was brushed away;

The night kept tugging at my torpid mood

And tore it into shreds. A warm air blew

My wintry slothfulness beyond the stars;

And over all indifference there streamed

A myriad urges in one rushing wave ...

Touched with the lavish miracles of earth,

I felt the brave persistence of the grass;

The far desire of rivulets; the keen,

Unconquerable fervor of the thrush;