Page:Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Hitherto unpublished, 1921.djvu/122

 Incense before love's altar bring,

Flowers from the flowering hawthorn tree,

Flowers from the margin of the spring,

For all the flowers are sweet to see.

Love is the very heart of spring;

When spring first enters like a sea

Incense before love's altar bring,

And flowers while flowers are sweet to see.

Bring flowers while flowers are sweet to see;

Love is almighty, love's a King,

Incense before love's altar bring,

Incense before love's altar bring.

Love's gifts are generous and free

When spring first enters like a sea;

When spring first enters like a sea,

The birds are all inspired to sing.

Love is the very heart of spring,

The birds are all inspired to sing,

Love's gifts are generous and free;

Love is almighty, love's a King. [ 108 ]