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GATHER ROSE-BUDS by PIERRE DE RONSARD

First Line: WHILE THIS GREEN MONTH IS FLEETING
Last Line: ALL JOYS EXPIRE.
Subject(s): DEATH; FLOWERS; HAIR; LIFE; ROSES; TIME; DEAD, THE;

WHILE this green month is fleeting,
Oh! come, my pretty sweeting,
Waste not in vain thy ring-time!
Sly age, ere we've an inkling
Thereof, our hair is sprinkling --
He passeth even as Spring-time.

Then, while, our life is crying
For love, and Time is flying,
Come, love, come reap desire.
Pass love from vein to vein!
Swift comes old Death -- and then
All joys expire.



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