 THE PERMANENCY OF LIFE. LIFE a right shadow is, For if it long appear, Then is it spent, and death's long night draws near : Shadows are moving, light, And is there aught so moving as is this ? » When it is most in sight, It steals away, and none can...  Shepperton manor - Page 255by John Mason Neale - 1845 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
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...for here below, Till wisest death make us our errors know. TflE PERMANENCIE OF 1-IFE. LIFE a right shadow is ; For if it long appear, Then is it spent,...steals away, and none knows how or where, So near our cradles to our coffins are. NO TKUST IN TYME. LOOK how the flow'r, which ling'ringly doth fade, The... | |
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...appear, Then is it spent, and death's long night draws near; Shadows are moving light, And is there ought so moving as is this ? When it is most in sight, It steals away, and none knows here or where, So near our cradles to our coffins are. Drummond. PRECEPT AND PRACTICE. The snuffers... | |
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