1. @3Let us now sing of Love's delight, For he alone is lord to-night.@1 2. @3Some friendship between man and man prefer, But I th' affection between man and wife.@1 3. @3What good can be in life, Whereof no fruits appear?@1 1. @3Set is that tree in ill hour, That yields neither fruit nor flower.@1 2. @3How can man perpetual be, But in his own posterity?@1 Chorus. @3That pleasure is of all most bountiful and kind, That fades not straight, but leaves a living joy behind.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DECISION (APRIL 14, 1861) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SEALS IN PENOBSCOT BAY by KAREN SWENSON TO DICK, ON HIS SIXTH BIRTHDAY by SARA TEASDALE RESCUE by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER A GOODNIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS TREES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |