Not in that mood, in which the insensate crowd + 

Of wealthy folly hail their natal day⁠— + 

With riot throng, and feast, and greetings loud, + 

Chasing all thoughts of God and heaven away. + 

Poor insect! feebly daring, madly gay, + 

What! joy because the fulness of the year + 

Marks thee for greedy death a riper prey? + 

Is not the silence of the grave too near? + 

Viewest thou the end with glee, meet scene for harrowing fear? + 