Unfailing vestals of the sky,

As smiling thus ye weed from dread

The soul ye court to muse on high.

O flowers that breathe of beauty's reign,

In many a tint o'er lawn and lea,

That give the cold heart once again

A dream of happier infancy;

And even on the grave can be

A spell to weed affection's pain—

Children of Eden, who could see.