There are hearts, like the ivy
Though all be decayed
That it seemed to clasp fondly
In sunlight and shade;
No leaves droop in sadness
Still gaily they spread,
Undimmed mid'st the blighted
The lowly, and dead;
But the mistletoe clings
To the oak lest[?] in part,
But with leaves closely round it
The root in its heart;
Exists but to twine it
Inside the same dew
Or to fall with its loved oak.
And perish there too.
Then let's love one another
Mid'st sorrows the worst,
Unaltered and fond,
As we loved at the first;
Though all the false loving of pleasure
May change and forsake,
And the triplet[?] urn of wealth
Into particles break,
There are some sweet affections
That wealth cannot buy,
That cling but still close
When sorrow draws nigh
And remain with us yet
Though all else pass away
Then let's love one another
As long as we stay.