Time & Brevity

Age

by William Lisle Bowles 1762–1850

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Time & Brevity

Age, thou the loss of health and friends shalt mourn!
But thou art passing to that night-still bourne,
Where labour sleeps. The linnet, chattering loud
To the May morn, shall sing; thou, in thy shroud,
Forgetful and forgotten, sink to rest;
And grass-green be the sod upon thy breast!

MLA

Bowles, William Lisle. “Age.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bowles/79/.

Chicago

Bowles, William Lisle. “Age.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bowles/79/.

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