Lost is thy dower of sweet content,
Fallen thy 'matchless worth,
Soon was thy day of glory spent
Thou paradise of earth!
Fallen thy 'matchless worth,
Soon was thy day of glory spent
Thou paradise of earth!
Sweet Eden, garden of delight!
Great was thy sudden fall
But Memory throughout Time's swift flight
Oft doth thy charms recall.
Great was thy sudden fall
But Memory throughout Time's swift flight
Oft doth thy charms recall.
No more the joys of thy brief reign
To thy dim aisles belong
Yet doth thy beauty bloom again
In Earth's immortal song.
To thy dim aisles belong
Yet doth thy beauty bloom again
In Earth's immortal song.
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