Glory and loveliness have pass'd away; br For if we wander out in early morn, br No wreathed incense do we see upborne br Into the east, to meet the smiling day: br No crowd of nymphs soft voic'd and young, and gay, br In woven baskets bringing ears of corn, br Roses, and pinks, and violets, to adorn br The shrine of Flora in her early May. br But there are left delights as high as these, br And I shall ever bless my destiny, br That in a time, when under pleasant trees br Pan is no longer sought, I feel a free, br A leafy luxury, seeing I could please br With these poor offerings, a man like thee.