Though joy is better than sorrow joy is not great; <br />Peace is great, strength is great. <br />Not for joy the stars burn, not for joy the vulture <br />Spreads her gray sails on the air <br />Over the mountain; not for joy the worn mountain <br />Stands, while years like water <br />Trench his long sides. 'I am neither mountain nor bird <br />Nor star; and I seek joy.' <br />The weakness of your breed: yet at length quietness <br />Will cover those wistful eyes.<br /><br />Robinson Jeffers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/joy-74/
