And where the flower-cup’s glow?

And where the joy of the dancing leaves,

And the fountain’s laughing flow?

A voice, in every whisper

Of the wave, the bough, the air,

Comes asking for the beautiful,

And moaning, “Where, oh! where?”

Tell of the brightness parted,

Thou bee, thou lamb at play!

Thou lark, in thy victorious mirth!