If two may read aright br These rhymes of old delight br And house and garden play, br You too, my cousins, and you only, may. br br You in a garden green br With me were king and queen, br Were hunter, soldier, tar, br And all the thousand things that children are. br br Now in the elders' seat br We rest with quiet feet, br And from the window-bay br We watch the children, our successors, play. br br "Time was," the golden head br Irrevocably said; br But time which one can bind, br While flowing fast away, leaves love behind.