I reason, earth is short
I reason, earth is short, / And anguish absolute,
How happy is the little stone
That rambles in the road alone,
And doesn't care about careers,
And exigencies never fears;
Whose coat of elemental brown
A passing universe put on;
And independent as the sun,
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute decree
In casual simplicity.
I reason, earth is short, / And anguish absolute,
Before you thought of spring, / Except as a surmise,
Pain has an element of blank; / It cannot recollect
We learn in the retreating / How vast an one