Song + 

IV + 

The Golden Mean + 

Who founded firm and sure + 

Would ever live secure, + 

In spite of storm and blast + 

Immovable and fast; + 

Whoso would fain deride + 

The ocean’s threatening tide;⁠— + 

His dwelling should not seek + 

On sands or mountain-peak. + 

Upon the mountain’s height + 

The storm-winds wreak their spite: + 

The shifting sands disdain + 

Their burden to sustain. + 

Do thou these perils flee, + 

Fair though the prospect be, + 

And fix thy resting-place + 

On some low rock’s sure base. + 

Then, though the tempests roar, + 

Seas thunder on the shore, + 

Thou in thy stronghold blest + 

And undisturbed shalt rest; + 

Live all thy days serene, + 

And mock the heavens’ spleen. + 