Why came I so untimely forth 
Into a world which, wanting thee, 
Could entertain us with no worth 
Or shadow of felicity? 
That time should me so far remove 
From that which I was born to love. 

Yet, fairest blossom, do not slight 
That age which you may know so soon; 
The rosy morn resigns her light, 
And milder glory to the noon: 
And then what wonder shall you do, 
When dawning beauty warns us so? 

Hope waits upon the flowery prime, 
And summer, though it be less gay, 
Yet is not looked on as a time 
Of declination and decay. 
For with a full hand that does bring 
All that was promised by the spring.