The Fountains mingle with the river,
  And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever,
  With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
  All things by a law divine
In one another’s being mingle:—
  Why not I with...

Modernized by Hugh Haliburton
Full oft I muse and hes in thocht.
THE PASSAGE of the speeding year,
And Fortune with her changing cheer,
  Are ills on ilka hand contest;
We will not mourn for that, my dear,
  But to be blythe we ’ll count it best....