We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again. Lotus-eating: a Summer Book - Page 166by George William Curtis - 1852 - 206 pagesFull view - About this book
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...have ai short a spring; A^ quick a growth to meet Decay. As you, or anv thing. We die, As your hourt do, and dry Away, Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of Morning'* dew, Ne'er to be found again.* Page 144. " The cultivation of descriptive poetry had, during... | |
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