“Fair flowers in sweet succession should arise

Through the long, blooming year, above the grave;

Spring breezes will breathe gentlier o’er the turf,

And summer glance with mildest, meekest beam,

To cherish piety’s dear offerings. There

Rich sounds of Autumn ever shall be heard,—

Mysterious, solemn music, waked by winds

To hymn the closing year! And when the touch

Of sullen Winter blights the last, last gem,

That bloomed around the tomb—O! there should be