Roses are but for a day,
⁠Amaranths endure forever;
Joys there be that fade away,
⁠Dreams that perish never;
But, whate'er the future's holding,—
⁠Crown of all, all else enfolding,—
⁠⁠Love lives on!

Well they know, who with content
⁠Hear his oft-repeated story,
How to earthly glooms are lent
⁠Reflexes of glory!
Rapture's first and final giver,
Star of Charon's rayless river,—
⁠⁠Love lives on!