PAUSE here, and think: a monitory rhyme Demands one moment of thy fleeting time. Consult life's silent clock, thy bounding vein; Seems it to say, "Health here has long to reign"? Hast thou the vigour of thy youth?--an eye That beams delight?--a heart untaught to sigh? Yet fear. Youth, ofttimes healthful and at ease, Anticipates a day it never sees; And many a tomb, like HAMILTON'S, aloud Exclaims, "Prepare thee for an early shroud." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PAINS OF SLEEP by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE MY YOUTH by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 25 by PHILIP SIDNEY THE WINDOW; OR, THE SONG OF THE WRENS: MARRIAGE MORNING by ALFRED TENNYSON CHRISTMAS HYMN by HARRIET AUBER THE ROAD OF SLEEP by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH ON MAXWELL OF CARDONESS by ROBERT BURNS |