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AFOOT and light-hearted I take to the open road，
Healthy， free， the world before me，
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune， I myself am good-fortune，
Henceforth I whimper no more， postpone no more， need
nothing，
Done with indoor complaints， libraries， querulous criticisms，
Strong and content I travel the open road.
The earth， that is sufficient，
I do not want the constellations any nearer，
I know they are very well where they are，
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.
（Still here I carry my old delicious burdens，
I carry them， men and women， I carry them with me
wherever I go，
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them，
I am fill'd with them； and I will fill them in return.）
AFOOT and light-hearted I take to the open road，
Healthy， free， the world before me，
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune， I myself am good-fortune，
Henceforth I whimper no more， postpone no more， need
nothing，
Done with indoor complaints， libraries， querulous criticisms，
Strong and content I travel the open road.
The earth， that is sufficient，
I do not want the constellations any nearer，
I know they are very well where they are，
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.
（Still here I carry my old delicious burdens，
I carry them， men and women， I carry them with me
wherever I go，
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them，
I am fill'd with them； and I will fill them in return.）