To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning to your life.
Say not "a small event!" Why "small"? Costs it more pain that this ye call A "great event" should come to pass From that? Untwine me from the mass Of deeds which make up life, one deed Power shall fall short in or exceed!
Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.
Man seeks his own good at the whole world's cost.
Must in death your daylight finish? My sun sets to rise again.
And inasmuch as feeling, the East's gift, Is quick and transient,- comes, and lo! is gone, While Northern thought is slow and durable.