There was a summer day of blue sky-sea,
Where cloud ships went a-sailing merrily,
There was a little place where roses grew,
And whispered to the wooing winds that blew.
There was a love, - I know now that it made
The roses and the sky a fairer shade.
Folded within the year is that bright day,
And all its golden glory slipped away;
While in that little place of roses sweet,
To-day the petals lie about my feet.
But in the garden of eternity
Blossoms that same great love immortally.