Rejoice

"Rejoice," said the Sun; "I will make thee gay         With glory and gladness and holiday;         I am dumb, O man, and I need thy voice!"         But man would not rejoice.         "Rejoice in thyself," said he, "O Sun,         For thy daily course is a lordly one;         In thy lofty place rejoice if thou can:         For me, I am only a man."         "Rejoice," said the Wind; "I am free and strong,         And will wake in thy heart an ancient song;         Hear the roaring woods, my organ noise!"         But man would not rejoice.         "Rejoice, O Wind, in thy strength," said he,         "For thou fulfillest thy destiny;         Shake the forest, the faint flowers fan;         For me, I am only a man."         "Rejoice," said the Night, "with moon and star,         For the Sun and the Wind are gone afar;         I am here with rest and dreaming choice!"         But man would not rejoice;         For he said--"What is rest to me, I pray,         Whose labour leads to no gladsome day?         He only can dream who has hope behind:         Alas for me and my kind!"         Then a voice that came not from moon or star,         From the sun, or the wind that roved afar,         Said, "Man, I am with thee--hear my voice!"         And man said, "I rejoice."