O who will show me those delights on high

Echo. I

Thou echo, thou art mortal, all men know.

Echo. No

Wert thou not born among the trees and leaves?

Echo. Leaves.

And are there any leaves that still abide?

Echo. Bide.

What leaves are they? Impart the matter wholly.

Echo. Holy.

Are holy leaves the echo then of bliss?

Echo. Yes

Then tell me, What is that supreme delight?

 Echo. Light.

Light to the mind: What shall the will enjoy?

Echo. Joy.

But are there cares and business with the pleasure?

Echo. Leisure.

Light, joy, and leisure: But shall they persevere?

Echo. Ever.

 

George Herbert (1593-1633), Heaven.