Poets Corner.
ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE. 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, ihe 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 globe, and they arise. We, alas ! earth’s haughty kings, We, that promise mighty things, Losing soon life’s happy prime, Droop, and fade in lit tie time. Spring returns, but not our bloom, Still ’tis winter in the tomb. Cow PER.
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Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 59, 19 September 1844, Page 4
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98Poets Corner. Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 59, 19 September 1844, Page 4
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