Time & Brevity
Additional Stanza to a Song by Waller
From Ballads, Songs, and Hymns
Time & Brevity
Yet, though thou fade,
From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise;
And teach the maid
That Goodness Time's rude hand defies,
That Virtue lives when Beauty dies.
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MLA
White, Henry Kirke. “Additional Stanza to a Song by Waller.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kirke_white/98/.
Chicago
White, Henry Kirke. “Additional Stanza to a Song by Waller.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kirke_white/98/.
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