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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FRAILTY OF MAN'S LIFE, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography
First Line: The life we strive to lengthen out
Last Line: It drops to earth, the earth from whence it rose.
Subject(s): Mortality
First Line: The life we strive to lengthen out
Last Line: It drops to earth, the earth from whence it rose.
Subject(s): Mortality
THE life we strive to lengthen out,
Is like a feather rais'd from ground,
Awhile in air 'tis tost about,
And almost lost as soon as found;
If it continue long in sight,
'Tis sometimes high and sometimes low,
Yet proudly aims a tow'ring flight,
To make the more conspicuous show.
The air with ease its weight sustains,
Since 'tis by Nature light, and frail;
Seldom in quiet state remains,
For troops of dangers it assail.
And after various conflicts with its foes,
It drops to Earth, the Earth from whence it rose.
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