My apprehension comes in crowds, I dread the rustling of the grass, The very shadows of the clouds, Have power to shake me as they pass, I question things and do not find, one that will answer to my mind, And all the world appears unkind.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man.

The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.

A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.

Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

I've watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! Indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless! - not frozen seas More motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again!