As is said, "Men do not look

Into running water as a mirror

But into still water--

It is only the still water that can

Arrest them all and keep them

In contemplation of their true selves.

Of things which are what they are

By the influence of Earth,

It is only the pine tree and cypress

Which are the best instances--

In winter as in summer vividly green.

Of those which are what they are

By the influence of Heaven,

The most striking examples

Are certainly the sun and the moon;

Fortunate in thus maintaining

Their constant brightness and so,

As to illuminate the lives of others.

As a verification of the power

Of the original endowment,

When it has been preserved,

Take the result of fearlessness--

How the heroic spirit of each

Single warrior has been thrown

Into victorious action of an army.