Our life is nothing but a winter's day: Some only break their fast and then away: Others stay dinner and depart full-fed: The deepest age but sups and goes to bed: He's most in debt that lingers out the day: Who dies betimes has less, has less to pay.
Two Epitaphs
Song Cycle by Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994)
1. Our life is nothing but a winter's day
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644), no title, appears in Divine Fancies: digested into epigrammes, meditations, and observations, first published 1633
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Language: English
As the tree falls, So must it lie. As the man lives, So will he die. As the man dies, So must he lie All through the days Of eternity.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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