A symbol of Impermanence,

  Appealing to this deeper sense.

  Mortal word of Beauty's tongue,

  In silence is its glamour sung,

  Of that high mystic harmony

  Transfigured beyond memory,

  Stolen story; please report.

  In silence then beneath the dawn,

  from crystal tombs to life reborn

  Descending now to the flower

  the rapture of a summer hour,

  to feed in rebirth's afterglow,

  ere bending to time's ebb and flow.