1. My pasture for the guest, when the land is stricken
With drought, is the amplest and warmest of all;

2. And when want visits my dwelling, the guest
Finds the fullest supply in my drinking-bowl.

3. For these troublous times I have vessels of old
Now empty, now brimming, as Fortunes ordain.

4. The best of all men are the sorely-tried,
As the best of all lands are the most desolate.