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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 151 |
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ALL THAT'S BRIGHT MUST FADE
ALL that's bright must fade,— The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made, But to be lost when sweetest. Stars that shine and fall:—
The flower that drops in springing;— These, alas ! are types of all
To which our hearts are clinging.
All that's bright must fade, etc.
Who would seek or prize
Delights that end in aching ? Who would trust to ties
That every hour are breaking ? Better far to be
In utter darkness lying, Than to be blessed with light and see
That light forever flying.
All that's bright must fade, etc.
AND DOTH NOT A MEETING LIKE THIS
AND doth not a meeting like this make amends For all the long years I've been wand'ring away — To see thus around me my youth's early friends,
As smiling and kind as in that happy day ? Though haply o'er some of your brows, as o'er mine, The snowfall of Time may be stealing—what then ? Like Alps in the sunset, thus lighted by wine, We'll wear the gay tinge of youth's roses again. |
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