O thou whose face hath felt the Winter's wind,
Whose eye has seen the snow-clouds hung in mist,
And the black elm tops 'mong the freezing stars!
To thee the spring will be a harvest time.
O thou whose only book has been the light
Of supreme darkness, which thou feddest on
Night after night, when Phoebus was away!
To thee the spring shall be a triple morn.
O fret not after knowledge.  I have none,
And yet my song comes native with the warmth.
O fret not after knowledge!  I have none.
And yet the evening listens.  He who saddens
At thought of idleness cannot be idle,
And he's awake who thinks himself asleep.