Busy as bees in summer's sunny hours, In works of usefulness and acts of love; No pinching poverty or grasping greed, Gladly receiving, they more gladly give, Sharing in peace the bounties free to all. As lost in wonder and delight he gazed, He saw approaching from a pleasant grove Two noble youths, yet full of gentleness, Attending one from sole to crown a queen, With every charm of fresh and blooming youth And every grace of early womanhood, Her face the mirror of her gentle soul, Her flowing robes finer than softest silk, That as she moved seemed woven of the light; Not borne by clumsy wings, or labored steps, She glided on as if her will had wings That bore her willing body where she wished. As she approached, close by her side he saw, As through a veil or thin transparent mist, The form and features of the aged king, Older and frailer by six troubled years Than when they parted, yet his very face, Whom she was watching with the tenderest care. And nearer seen each seeming youth was two, As when at first in Eden's happy shade Our primal parents ere the tempter came Were twain, and yet but one, so on they come, Hand joined in hand, heart beating close to heart, One will their guide and sharing every thought, Beaming with tender, all-embracing love, Whom God had joined and death had failed to part. What need of words to introduce his guests? Love knows her own, the mother greets her son. Her parents and the king's, who long had watched Their common offspring with a constant care, Inspiring hope and breathing inward peace When secret foes assailed on every side, Now saw him burst the clouds that veiled their view And stand triumphant full before their eyes. O happy meeting! joy profound, complete! Soul greeting soul, heart speaking straight to heart, While countless happy faces hovered near And song's of joy sound through Nirvana's heights.