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Excerpt from Jerusalem
A young man was ploughing his field one summer morning. The sun was shining brightly, the grass was wet with dew, and the air was so fresh that words cannot describe it. The horses were frisky from the morning air, and pulled the plough as if it were a toy. It was quite a different pace from their usual one; the ploughman had almost to run to keep up with them.
When the earth was turned by the plough, it lay a blackish brown, rich with moisture and fatness, and the plougher rejoiced at the prospect of soon being able to sow his rye. He thought to himself: How is it that sometimes I have so many misgivings, and think that life is so hard? Is anything needed but sunshine and fair weather to make me as happy as one of God's children in heaven P'
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