To venerate the simple days:

To venerate the simple days   
Which lead the seasons by,   
Needs but to remember   
  That from you or me   
They may take the trifle                        5
  Termed mortality!   
 
To invest existence with a stately air,   
Needs but to remember   
  That the acorn there   
Is the egg of forests                            10
  For the upper air!