I have lain in the sun br I have toil'd as I might, br I have thought as I would, br And now it is night. br br My bed full of sleep, br My heart full of content br For friends that I met br The way that I went. br br I welcome fatigue br While frenzy and care br Like thin summer clouds br Go melting in air. br br To dream as I may br And awake when I will br With the song of the birds br And the sun on the hill. br br Or death - were it death - br To what would I wake br Who loved in my home br All life for its sake? br br What good have I wrought? br I laugh to have learned br That joy cannot come br Unless it be earned; br br For a happier lot br Than God giveth me br It never hath been br Nor ever shall be.