Gentle, smiling, Zephyrs, wander,
Thro' the groves of verdant green;
Toying with the lilac yonder—
Here, with the rose of blooming mien.
Humming bees, on wafer pinions,
Careful, thro' the blossoms roam:
Searching all their flow'r dominions,
The nectar tribute gather home.
In th'embroider'd violet vale,
Love, attended by the Graces,
Tells his soft bewitching tale,
While blushing fair ones hide their faces.
How beautiful is the creation,
In this time of mirth and joy?
All is life—all animation:
Nought our pleasures to annoy.
—Oscar.
Phila. Repos., III-152, May 7, 1803, Phila.
[For introductory note, cf. the preceding.]
UNIVERSAL SONG OF PRAISE.
A Sapphic Ode.
From the German of Bürde.