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DEWDROP, WIND AND SUN by JOSEPH SKIPSEY

First Line: AH, BE NOT VAIN. IN YON FLOWER-BELL
Last Line: EARTH BUT A DROP OF WATER FOUND.
Subject(s): DEW;
AH, be not vain. In yon flower-bell,
As rare a pearl, did I appear,
As ever grew in ocean shell,
To dangle at a Helen's ear.

So was I till a cruel blast
Arose and swept me to the ground,
When, in the jewel of the past,
Earth but a drop of water found.



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