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[MAN.]
Like to a Silkeworme of one yeare,Or like a wronged Louers Teare,
Or on the Waues a Rudders Dynt,
Or like the Sparkles of a Flint,
Or like to little Cakes perfum'd,
Or Fireworkes made to be consum'd;
Even such is Man, and all that trust
In weake and animated dust.
The Silkeworme droopes; the teares soon shed;
The Shipps waye lost; the Sparkle dead;
The Cake is burnt; the Fireworke done;
And Man as these as quickly gone.
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