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A dream that waketh, / Bubble that breaketh, / Song whose burden sigheth, / A passing breath, / Smoke that vanisheth, -- / Such is life that dieth.
A flower that fadeth, / Fruit the tree sheddeth, / Trackless bird that flieth, / Summer time brief, / Falling of the leaf, -- / Such is life that dieth.
A scent exhaling, / Snow waters failing, / Morning dew that drieth, / A windy blast, / Lengthening shadows cast, -- / Such is life that dieth.
A scanty measure, / Rust-eaten treasure, / Spending that nought buyeth, / Moth on the wing, / Toil unprofiting, -- / Such is life that dieth.
Morrow by morrow / Sorrow breeds sorrow, / For this my song sigheth; / From day to night / We lapse out of sight, -- / Such is life that dieth.