I br I have lain in the sun, br I have toiled as I might, br I have thought as I would, br And now it is night. br br II br My bed full of sleep, br My heart of content br For mirth that I met br The way that I went. br br III br I welcome fatigue br While frenzy and care, br Like thin summer clouds, br Go melting in air. br br IV 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 V br Or death were it death, br To what should I wake, br Who loved in my home br All life for its sake? br br VI br What good have I wrought? br I laugh to have learned br That joy cannot come br Unless it be earned: br br VII br For a happier lot br Than God giveth me br It never hath been br Nor ever shall be.