The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM CCLIX.
[Mark, how th' expiring taper's rays]
Καλα πεφανται.
Mark, how th' expiring taper's rays,
Their radiance to protract,
Shoot into momentary blaze;
And perish, in the act!
Their radiance to protract,
Shoot into momentary blaze;
And perish, in the act!
So, when in mortal agony's thrall,
Departing virtue lies,
Brief bursts of splendor grace its fall!
It sparkles—as it dies!
Departing virtue lies,
Brief bursts of splendor grace its fall!
It sparkles—as it dies!
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