1. I will never forget a day of intimate gathering
Among friends of select number

2. Cups of wine passed round
So pure no eye could see their like again

3. A branch of unrivalled beauty
Its blossoms shaming roses' pride

4. With eyes so darkly bright
In learned debate none could him chide

5. Refined of meaning, graceful of form
His perfection sense and reason did confide

6. Inheriting beauty from perfect beauty
Flawless in his qualities, pure in his affection

7. We enjoyed every subtle meaning
And voice that made the glorifiers forget their litany

8. A gathering that resembled a garden of flowers
Among roses and narcissi arranged

9. But for the supervisor who came upon us
God judge him - better had he delayed

10. For a while we remained, then we stood
And left, for to God alone belongs the Kingdom