The Fountain

Into the sunshine,Full of the light,Leaping and flashingFrom morn till night!

Into the moonlight,Whiter than snow,Waving so flower-likeWhen the winds blow!

Into the starlightRushing in spray,Happy at midnight,Happy by day!

Ever in motion,Blithesome and cheery,Still climbing heavenward,Never aweary;—

Glad of all weathers,Still sceming best,Upward or downward,Motion thy rest;—

Full of a natureNothing can tame,Changed every moment,Ever the same;—

Ceaseless aspiring,Ceaseless content,Darkness or sunshineThy element;—

Glorious fountain!Let my heart beFresh, changeful, constant,Upward, like thee!