Where thymy turf grew green and soft,

The wild bee hummed, and rosy-red

The brier-flower bloomed, and up aloft

The fleecy clouds went drifting by

Like shades, across the summer sky.

And ever as the years go by,

And one by one old memories creep

From out the sweet Past solemnly,

I seem to see, beside the deep,

That little, lonely, silent spot,