
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.



