Here, where the sphere remains quiet, Here, where all torment rightly seems As do breathless winds before the riot; And clouded visions o' cloudy dreams, Do watch the pastures there growing, For harvesting lads and such sowing, For the reaping hour and the mowing, A sluggish world of sluggish streams.
I have grown weary of sobs and laughter: And folks that crow and those that weep, Of what may come there in the hereafter, For those that slowly sow and swiftly reap; And I tire of days that grow weary of hours, Wafted buds of those stilled lifeless flowers, Desires and ideas; and also of such powers; And of every single double thing but sleep.
Here growth has ruination for a neighbor; And far from seeing eye and listening ear, Pale waves and ****** winds force labor On flimsy ships and temperaments to steer; To drive out of control, and therein wither; And woe not do those who place them thither: But no such ****** whirlwinds ******* hither - No such wrongs felt, seen, or so perceived here.