With needless services, from hardship free.
His calling laid aside, he lived at ease:
But still he loved to pace the public roads
And the wild paths; and, by the summer's warmth
Invited, often would he leave his home
And journey far, revisiting the scenes
That to his memory were most endeared.[52]
—Vigorous in health, of hopeful spirits, undamped[53]
By worldly-mindedness or anxious care;
Observant, studious, thoughtful, and refreshed