Know'st thou the land of paradise above,
The home of beauty and the seat of mind —
Where virtue is the minister of love —
Love, beauty, virtue, intellect enshrin'd,
All-influential: where the breezes blow
Odorous and mild; and nightingales from bowers
Of myrtles sing unceasing — palm trees grow,
O'ershading to protect the sunny flowers.
Know'st thou the land where neither night nor heat
Blacken or blast — no thorns the roses bear,
And pure desires their swift fruition meet: —
Time's stream rolls on untroubled at time's feet;
Wife — sister — each, as other, pure and dear —
O mine for lasting ages! Thou art there .