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VIRTUE.
Altered from Herbert.
Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky:
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night,
For thou with all thy sweets must die!
The bridal of the earth and sky:
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night,
For thou with all thy sweets must die!
Sweet Rose, so fragrant and so brave,
Dazzling the rash beholder's eye:
Thy root is ever in its grave,
And thou with all thy sweets must die!
Dazzling the rash beholder's eye:
Thy root is ever in its grave,
And thou with all thy sweets must die!
Sweet Spring, so beauteous and so gay,
Storehouse, where sweets unnumber'd lie:
Not long thy fading glories stay,
But thou with all thy sweets must die!
Storehouse, where sweets unnumber'd lie:
Not long thy fading glories stay,
But thou with all thy sweets must die!
Only a sweet and virtuous mind,
When Nature all in ruins lies,
When earth and heaven a period find,
Begins a life that never dies.
When Nature all in ruins lies,
When earth and heaven a period find,
Begins a life that never dies.
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