A DREAM that waketh, Bubble that breaketh, Song whose burden sigheth, A passing breath, Smoke that vanisheth, -- Such is life that dieth. A flower that fadeth, Fruit the tree sheddeth, Trackless bird that flieth, Summer time brief, -- Falling of the leaf, -- Such is life that dieth. A scent exhaling, Snow waters failing, Morning dew that drieth, A windy blast, Lengthening shadows cast, Such is life that dieth. A scanty measure, Rust-eaten treasure, Spending that nought buyeth, Moth on the wing, Toil unprofiting, -- Such is life that dieth. Morrow by morrow Sorrow breeds sorrow, For this my song sigheth; From day to night We lapse out of sight. -- Such is life that dieth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOUGHTS OF A TINY PIG by DAVID IGNATOW SIGISMONDA AND GUISCARDO by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO TO THOMAS MOORE (1) by GEORGE GORDON BYRON CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON TO-NIGHT by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |