A Little Song

ROSES are but for a day,Amaranths endure for ever;Joys there be that fade away,Dreams that perish never;But, whate'er the future's holding,—Crown of all, all else enfolding,—Love lives on!

Well they know, who with contentHear his oft-repeated story,How to earthly glooms are lentReflexes of glory!Rapture's first and final giver,Star of Charon's rayless river,—Love lives on!