Bloom early or bloom late?

Nay, here 'midst Rhodian roses,

'Midst tissues of Cashmere,

The Soul sublime reposes,

And knows not hope nor fear;

Here all she sees her own is,

And musical her moan is,

O'er Caxtons and Bodonis,

Aldine and Elzevir!

'GAILY THE TROUBADOUR.'