No wisdom won with weariness;

But Love goes in with Folly’s dress—

No fame that wit could ever win;

But only Love may lead Love in

To Arcady, to Arcady.

Ah, woe is me, through all my days

Wisdom and wealth I both have got,

And fame and name, and great men’s praise,

But Love, ah, Love! I have it not.

There was a time, when life was new—