“Why am I deemed an enemy of men
Who would beyond Life’s limit life prolong?
If they believe that they will live again,
How can it be that I have done them wrong?
Is it not I who rout the Winter snows,
And Spring’s melodious symphonies renew,
Bring back the blush unto the budding rose,
And christen Summer’s birth with morning dew?
‘Tis I that ring the silvery nuptial peal,
When streams the Bridal up the rustic nave,
And if around the bier where mourners kneel
I toll the passing-bell and dig the grave,
From death and grief I half dispel the gloom,
Inscribing words of hope upon the loved one’s tomb.”
Time’s Defence
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