Nor failing of life, nor foemen’s approach,

No sin nor trial nor tribulation,

55 Nor the want of wealth, nor work for the pauper,

No sorrow nor sleep, nor sick-bed’s pain,

Nor wintry winds, nor weather’s raging,

Fierce under the heavens; nor the hard frost

Causeth discomfort with cold icicles.

60 Neither hail nor frost fall from the heavens,

Nor wintry cloud nor water descendeth

Stirred by the storms; but streams there flow,