Monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial.

Prompt to move but firm to wait - knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.

And I am happy when I sing.

Because the good old rule Sufficeth them,-the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.

In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration: - feelings, too, Of unremembered pleasure: such, perhaps, As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.

Stern Winter loves a dirge-like sound.

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.