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O happy rose-bud blooming / Upon thy parent tree, -- / Nay, thou art too presuming; / For soon the earth entombing / Thy faded charms shall be, / And the chill damp consuming.
O happy skylark springing / Up to the broad blue sky, / Too fearless in thy winging, / Too gladsome in thy singing, / Thou also soon shalt lie / Where no sweet notes are ringing.
And through life's shine and shower / We shall have joy and pain; / But in the summer bower, / And at the morning hour, / We still shall look in vain / For the same bird and flower.