Then a hundred sad voices lifted a wail,And a hundred glad voices piped on the gale:’Time is short, life is short,’ they took up the tale: ‘Life is sweet, love is sweet, use to-day while you may;Love is sweet, and to-morrow may fail; Love is sweet, use to-day.

Then a hundred sad voices lifted a wail,And a hundred glad voices piped on the gale:’Time is short, life is short,’ they took up the tale: ‘Life is sweet, love is sweet, use to-day while you may;Love is sweet, and to-morrow may fail; Love is sweet, use to-day.

– Christina Rossetti –

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