The world was sad, the garden was a wild,
And man the hermit sigh'd — till woman smiled.


Part II, line 37 - Pleasures of Hope (1799)


The world was sad, the garden was a wild, And man the hermit sigh'd — till woman smiled.

The world was sad, the garden was a wild, And man the hermit sigh'd — till woman smiled.

The world was sad, the garden was a wild, And man the hermit sigh'd — till woman smiled.

The world was sad, the garden was a wild, And man the hermit sigh'd — till woman smiled.