Flower that smiles today
Tomorrow dies, yes, tomorrow will die
All that we wished to stay
It tempts and then it flies
What's the worlds delight?
And what's the worlds delight I search for?
Lightning that just mocks the night
Brief even as bright

Virtue frail it is
And friendship too rare
Love sells poor bliss
For proud despair
But, though soon they fall
We survive for the joy and all
Which ours we call
Which ours we call

What's the worlds delight?
And what's the worlds delight I search for?
Lightning that just mocks the night
Brief even as bright
Yet the calm hours creep
And yet the calm hours creep so slowly
So dream thou and from thy sleep
And awake to weep

Virtue frail it is
And friendship too rare
Love sells poor bliss
For proud despair
But, though soon they fall
We survive for the joy and all
Which ours we call
Which ours we call

Virtue frail it is
And friendship too rare
Love sells poor bliss
For proud despair
But, though soon they fall
We survive for the joy and all
Which ours we call
Which ours we call

Virtue frail it is
And friendship too rare
Love sells poor bliss
For proud despair