Their flowery pasture ended, ruminate;

And was a man in thought. At last the light

Shone from his dubious countenance, and he spake:

“Great Mother, lo! I saw a second Song!

T’wards me it came; but with averted face,

And borne on shifting winds. A man am I

Sluggish and slow, that needs must muse and brood;

Therefore that Scripture till the sun goes down

Will I revolve. If song from God be mine

Expect me here at morn.”