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“ That flesh is but the glass, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust. ”

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Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?

~ George Herbert

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.

~ George Herbert

Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire

~ George Herbert

I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love.

~ George Herbert