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O let the soul her slumbers break, / Let thought be quickened, and awake; / Awake to see / How soon this life is past and gone, / And death comes softly stealing on, / How silently!
Swiftly our pleasures glide away, / Our hearts recall the distant day / With many sighs; / The moments that are speeding fast / We heed not, but the past, -- the past, / More highly prize.