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| 1 | Like as the damask rose you see, | ||
| 2 | Or like the blossom on the tree, | ||
| 3 | Or like the dainty flow'r of May, | ||
| 4 | Or like the morning to the day, | ||
| 5 | Or like the sun, or like the shade, | ||
| 6 | Or like the gourd which Jonas had, | ||
| 7 | Even such is man, whose thread is spun, | ||
| 8 | Drawn out, and cut, and so is done : | ||
| 9 | The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, | ||
| 10 | The flower fades, the morning hasteth, | ||
| 11 | The sun sets, the shadow flies, | ||
| 12 | The gourd consumes, and man, he dies. | ||
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| 15 | Like to the grass that's newly sprung, | ||
| 16 | Or like a tale that's new begun, | ||
| 17 | Or like the bird that's here to-day, | ||
| 18 | Or like the pearled dew of May, | ||
| 19 | Or like an hour, or like a span, | ||
| 20 | Or like the singing of a swan, | ||
| 21 | Even such is man, who lives by breath, | ||
| 22 | Is here, now there, in life, and death : | ||
| 23 | The grass withers, the tale is ended, | ||
| 24 | The bird is flown, the dew's ascended, | ||
| 25 | The hour is short, the span not long, | ||
| 26 | The swan's near death, - man's life is done. |
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