1.
Into the sunshine,
Full of the light,
Leaping and flashing,
From morn till night!
2.
Into the moonlight,
Whiter than snow,
Waving so flower-like
When the winds blow!
3.
Into the starlight,
Rushing in spray,
Happy at midnight,
Happy by day!
4.
Ever in motion,
Blithesome and cheery,
Still climbing heavenward,
Never aweary;
5.
Glad of all weathers,
Still seeming best,
Upward or downward,
Motion, thy rest;
6.
Full of a nature
Nothing can tame,
Changed every moment,
Ever the same;
7.
Ceaseless aspiring,
Ceaseless content,
Darkness or sunshine
Thy element;
8.
Glorious fountain!
Let my heart be
Fresh, changeful, constant,
Upward like thee!
DEFINITIONS.—4. Blithe'some, gay. Cheer'y, in good spirits. A-wea'ry, weary, tired. 7. As-pir'ing, ambitious. El'e-ment, the proper habitation or sphere of anything, suitable state. 8. Con'-stant, fixed, not to be changed.