O’er-canopied with greenness; and their hands

Have fashioned fire that springeth beautiful

Straight as a silvern lily from the ground,

Wondrously blowing; and they measure out

Glad seasons by the pulses of the stars.”...

And Balder bends above them, glory-crown’d.

Marking them as they creep upon the ground.

Busy as ants that toil without a sound,

With only gods to mark.

But list! O list! what is that cry of pain,