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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE, by JOHN JORTIN
First Line: Suns that set, and moons that wane
Last Line: Still 'tis winter in the tomb.
Subject(s): Mortality
First Line: Suns that set, and moons that wane
Last Line: Still 'tis winter in the tomb.
Subject(s): Mortality
SUNS that set, and moons that wane,
Rise and are restored again;
Stars that orient day subdues,
Night at her return renews.
Herbs and flowers, the beauteous birth
Of the genial womb of earth,
Suffer but a transient death
From the winter's cruel breath.
Zephyr speaks; serener skies
Warm the glebe, and they arise.
We, alas! earth's haughty kings,
We, that promise mighty things,
Losing soon life's happy prime,
Droop, and fade, in little time.
Spring returns, but not our bloom;
Still 'tis winter in the tomb.
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