May you have good in the Four Seasons:
- In Winter, may you read beautiful books, watch the fire leap and crackle in the grate, and see through the window the full moon on the drift and trees;
- In Spring, may there be children at the table, and through the open door sight of blossoming shrubs and sound of singing birds;
- In Summer, may there come to you friends from over mountain and sea, and may you find shady groves and cool springs wherever you walk;
- In Autumn, may you teach others gentleness and courage and truth, and look at the sunset from quiet hills.
From The Vaunt of Man: and Other Poems (1912). XI: Midway Upon the Road