Flower that smiles today Tomorrow dies, yes, tomorrow will die All that we wished to stay It tempts and then it flies What's the worlds delight? And what's the worlds delight I search for? Lightning that just mocks the night Brief even as bright
Virtue frail it is And friendship too rare Love sells poor bliss For proud despair But, though soon they fall We survive for the joy and all Which ours we call Which ours we call
What's the worlds delight? And what's the worlds delight I search for? Lightning that just mocks the night Brief even as bright Yet the calm hours creep And yet the calm hours creep so slowly So dream thou and from thy sleep And awake to weep
Virtue frail it is And friendship too rare Love sells poor bliss For proud despair But, though soon they fall We survive for the joy and all Which ours we call Which ours we call
Virtue frail it is And friendship too rare Love sells poor bliss For proud despair But, though soon they fall We survive for the joy and all Which ours we call Which ours we call
Virtue frail it is And friendship too rare Love sells poor bliss For proud despair
