See the leaves around us falling

Verse 1

See the leaves around us falling, Dry and withered to the ground; Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, In a sad and solemn sound;

Verse 2

"Youth on length of days presuming, Who the paths of pleasure tread, View us, late in beauty blooming, Numbered now among the dead.

Verse 3

"Yearly in our course appearing, Messengers of shortest stay, Thus we preach in mortal hearing, Ye, like us, shall pass away."