On them, therefore, as on us,
Be Fate's smile directed!
From the spring-head to the sea,
Many a mill's revolving,
And the world's prosperity
Is the task I'm solving.
WONT AND DONE.
I have loved; for the first time with passion I rave!
I then was the servant, but now am the slave;
I then was the servant of all:
By this creature so charming I now am fast bound,
To love and love's guerdon she turns all around,
And her my sole mistress I call.
I've had faith; for the first time my faith is now strong!
And though matters go strangely, though matters go wrong.
To the ranks of the faithful I'm true:
Though ofttimes 'twas dark, and though ofttimes 'twas drear,
In the pressure of need, and when danger was near,
Yet the dawning of light I now view.
I have eaten; but ne'er have thus rehshed my food!
For when glad are the senses and joyous the blood,
At table all else is effaced:
As for youth, it but swallows, then whistles an air;
As for me, to a jovial resort I'd repair,
Where to eat and enjoy what I'd taste.
I have drunk; but have never thus relished the bowl!
For wine makes us lords, and enlivens the soul,
