You could say that the speaker's mood changes twice. In the early portion of the poem, the speaker spirals into a low and dark mood. In the early lines, he becomes depressed due to failure and shame (or what he perceives to be failure). That's the first eight lines.
However, I suspect you're referring to the second change in mood, which starts on line 9. At that point, the change in mood is sudden and quite touching, actually. The narrator thinks of his beloved, and that is enough to change his mood. Just thinking of the person he loves, and the love that person holds for the speaker, is enough to completely transform his world. From the profound despair of the early lines, where the speaker is cursing his state and envying others, thinking about love is enough to raise his spirits just as profoundly, so much so that he no longer envies others.
That's a great poem!
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