not quite a paradise

within tight bounds a merry hopeful land
you want to ask just how we reached this shore
but words do not avail us anymore

what was those days a well-supported band
had turned into the best of all the corps
within tight bounds a merry hopeful land

so few the boats that wind up on this strand
and there is much we need now to restore
before we can make this what we adore
within tight bounds a merry hopeful land