The poem
THE SWEETEST song was ever sung May soothe you but a little while: The gayest music ever rung Shall yield you but a fleeting smile.
The well I digged you soon shall pass: You may but rest with me an hour: Yet drink, I offer you the glass, A moment of sustaining power,
And give to you, if it be gain, Whether in pleasure or annoy, To see one elemental pain, One light of everlasting joy.