Time & Brevity
The Masquers Called Away
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Time & Brevity
Ye should stay longer if we durst:
Away! Alas that he that first
Gave Time wild wings to fly away —
Hath now no power to make him stay!
And though these games must needs be played,
I would this pair, when they are laid,
And not a creature nigh 'em,
Could catch his scythe, as he doth pass,
And clip his wings, and break his glass,
And keep him ever by 'em.
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Beaumont, Francis. “The Masquers Called Away.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/beaumont/3/.
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Beaumont, Francis. “The Masquers Called Away.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/beaumont/3/.
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