Time orbs so silently beneath our feet,

We look around, and know not that we move,

Or that the point whereon we stand, to-day,

This moment, is our culminating point;

The Past and Future dip as they recede,

And only give to view the tops of things.

Therefore, be happy now; the mental eye

May take his pleasure, pleasure if it be,

In gazing on the Cottage, or the Church;

The Heart may fondly dwell upon the one,