LIFE.
That life is brief hath seemed a
piteous thing •.•.... Since ihe first mortal watched it glide away; ! • ■ . And sad it is that flowers have but one day, And sad that birds have little time to sing; That joy is fleeting as the bloom of - Spring. That youth so soon is startled from , its play, _ And manhood from its labour, to , essay , v , _ ♦ The old vain struggle with' tne shadowy king. ■ But sadder far it is that life is long; Ay, long enough for bliss to turn ; v t£ bale, For innocence to lose the dread of wrong, ; ,i For hearts to harden, love itself to fail; * A.nd faith be wearied but. (0 sad and strange!) Unless Death save us from the deadly change. V —Springfield Republican.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 127, 30 May 1908, Page 6
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127LIFE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 127, 30 May 1908, Page 6
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