 | Gathered poems of Ernest Myers |  |
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THE LAMENT OF MOSCHUS
Ay me, ay me, the mallow in the mead,
The parsley green, the anise-tendril's ring,
Fade all and die, but in due season freed
Grow yet again and greet another spring:
The parsley green, the anise-tendril's ring,
Fade all and die, but in due season freed
Grow yet again and greet another spring:
But we, we men, the mighty and the strong,
Wise-witted men, when our one life is o'er,
Low laid in earth sleep silently and long
A sleep that wins no waking, evermore.
Wise-witted men, when our one life is o'er,
Low laid in earth sleep silently and long
A sleep that wins no waking, evermore.
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