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Passing And Glassing.

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All things that pass     Are woman's looking-glass;     They show her how her bloom must fade,     And she herself be laid     With withered roses in the shade;     With withered roses and the fallen peach,     Unlovely, out of reach     Of summer joy that was.     All things that pass     Are woman's tiring-glass;     The faded lavender is sweet,     Sweet the dead violet     Culled and laid by and cared for yet;     The dried-up violets and dried lavender     Still sweet, may comfort her,     Nor need she cry Alas!     All things that pass     Are wisdom's looking-glass;     Being full of hope and fear, and still     Brimful of good or ill,     According to our work and will;     For there is nothing new beneath the sun;     Our doings have been done,     And that which shall be was.

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