O, where are the eyes that enthralled us,

And where are the lips that we kissed?

Where the syren-like voices that called us,

And where all the chances we missed?

We know not what mortals call pleasure—

For clouded are skies that were blue;

To dross now has melted our treasure,

And false are the hearts that were true.

The flowers we gathered are faded,

The leaves of our laurels are shed;