And in their fashion very rioters, 585

There is a stillness, and they seem to make

Calm revelry in that their calm abode.

Them leaving to their joyous hours I pass,

Pass with a thought the life of the whole year

That is to come, the throng of woodland flowers, 590

And lilies that will dance upon the waves.

Say boldly then that solitude is not

Where these things are. He truly is alone,

He of the multitude whose eyes are doomed