See the rivers flowing Downwards to the sea,Pouring all their treasures Bountiful and free -Yet to help their giving Hidden springs arise;Or,if need be,showers Feed them from the skies!
Watch the princely flowers Their rich fragrance spread,Load the air with perfumes,From their beauty shed -Yet their lavish spending Leaves them not in dearth,With fresh life replenished By their mother earth!
Give thy heart's best treasures -
From fair Nature learn;
Give thy love--and ask not,Wait not a return!
And the more thou spendest From thy little store,With a double bounty,God will give thee more.
