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Gather round thee all earth's treasures,
Spread them out in shining rows ;
Fill thy stately halls with pleasures,
All the pleasures that life knows,
Then from brimming goblets drinking —
Ah ! thou sigh'st in all this bliss ;
For thy banquet, thou art thinking,
Lacks the consecrating kiss ;
And the wreath thy brow entwining,
Lacks the slighted evergreen ;
For the flowers that there are shining
Blossom but to fade, I ween.
Once thou might'st have hoped, unhidden ;
Fortune wooed thee once in vain ;
Eden's gates stood wide, unbidden,
Once, — but hope it not again.
