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VITA BREVIS EST by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: THE GRAY THING, LIFE, AND THE BRIGHT THING, LOVE
Last Line: THEN THE WOVEN BOUGHS, AND THE LONG COOL REST.
Subject(s): EARTH; HEAVEN; LIFE; LOVE; WORLD; PARADISE;
THE gray thing, life, and the bright thing, love,
The earth beneath and the heaven above;
Swift chance, swift change, be it worst or best,
Then the woven boughs, and the long cool rest.



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