The king can drink the best of wine- So can I; And has enough when he would dine- So have I; And can not order rain or shine- Nor can I. Then where's the difference-let me see- Betwixt my lord the king and me?

Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young.

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

The smallest effort is not lost, Each wavelet on the ocean tost Aids in the ebb-tide or the flow; Each rain-drop makes some floweret blow; Each struggle lessen…