Thy zephyry fragrance, delicate and rare,

Steals with a dewy breath upon my sense.

Eager I seek thee out then, to behold

Thy bell upon the vesper breezes toll

Pomp’s knelling requiem with solemn nod,

Thou purest Joy, ’mid teeming fold on fold

Of prodigal waywardness, is this thy dole,

Simplicity that boasts no touch save God?

The Honeysuckle’s heavily-laden breath

Floats on the balmy winds in languid fumes;