Oh haste while roses bloom below, 
Oh haste while pale and bright above 
The sun and moon alternate glow, 
To pluck the rose of love. 

Yea, give the morning to the lark, 
The nightingale its glimmering grove, 
Give moonlight to the hungry dark, 
But to man's heart give love! 

Then haste while still the roses blow, 
And pale and bright in heaven above 
The sun and moon alternate glow, 
Pluck, pluck the rose of love.