The primrose and wild violet now no more

Spread their soft fragrance round. The hollow stone

Is rent and broken; and the spring is dry!


But yesterday I passed the spot, in thought

Enwrapped—unlike the fancies which played round

My heart in life's sweet morning, bright and brief:

And as I stood and gazed upon the change,

Methought a voice low whispered in my ear:

"Thy destiny is linked with that low spring;