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A COMPARISON OF THE LIFE OF MAN by RICHARD BARNFIELD

First Line: MAN'S LIFE IS WELL COMPARED TO A FEAST
Last Line: COMES DEATH, AND TAKES THE TABLE CLEAN AWAY.
Subject(s): MORTALITY;
Man's life is well compared to a feast,
Furnished with choice of all variety,
To it comes Time; and as a bidden guest
He sets him down, in pomp and majesty;
The three-fold Age of man the waiters be.
Then with an earthen voider (made of clay)
Comes Death, and takes the table clean away.


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