Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past.

Two roses on one slender spray In sweet communion grew, Together hailed the morning ray And drank the evening dew.

Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.

The tulip's petals shine in dew, All beautiful, but none alike.

Time is eternity begun.

Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand, And on the sun's noon-glory gaze; With eye like his, thy lids expand, And fringe their disk with golden rays: Though fix'd on earth, in darkness rooted there, Light is thy element, thy dwelling air, Thy prospect heaven.

Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past.