Cumpleanos. July 31. August 3.

Three steps between the milestones of our years,
Yea, scarce a heartbeat in the Larger Time
That shrinks our cycles to a single hour,
And spans a lifetime with an inch of thread
Shorn from the loom of the eternities!
Be t'ours to tread the path from stone to stone,
With what high soul, what courage men may win.
Ours not to count the shards beneath our feet,
But gladden with the sun o'er land and sea,
And glory in the splendor of the stars,
And when the night falls black with wind and rain,
Blithe singing to each other as we go
Walk by the lamps of love and trust till dawn
Comes like a flaming angel o'er the hills.