Rejoice + 

“Rejoice,” said the Sun; “I will make thee gay + 

With glory and gladness and holiday; + 

I am dumb, O man, and I need thy voice!” + 

But man would not rejoice. + 

“Rejoice in thyself,” said he, “O Sun, + 

For thy daily course is a lordly one; + 

In thy lofty place rejoice if thou can: + 

For me, I am only a man.” + 

“Rejoice,” said the Wind; “I am free and strong, + 

And will wake in thy heart an ancient song; + 

Hear the roaring woods, my organ noise!” + 

But man would not rejoice. + 

“Rejoice, O Wind, in thy strength,” said he, + 

“For thou fulfillest thy destiny; + 

Shake the forest, the faint flowers fan; + 

For me, I am only a man.” + 

“Rejoice,” said the Night, “with moon and star, + 

For the Sun and the Wind are gone afar; + 

I am here with rest and dreaming choice!” + 

But man would not rejoice; + 

For he said⁠—“What is rest to me, I pray, + 

Whose labour leads to no gladsome day? + 

He only can dream who has hope behind: + 

Alas for me and my kind!” + 

Then a voice that came not from moon or star, + 

From the sun, or the wind that roved afar, + 

Said, “Man, I am with thee⁠—hear my voice!” + 

And man said, “I rejoice.” + 