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Tempus Fugit.

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Lovely Spring,     A brief sweet thing,     Is swift on the wing;     Gracious Summer,     A slow sweet comer,     Hastens past;     Autumn while sweet     Is all incomplete     With a moaning blast, -     Nothing can last,     Can be cleaved unto,     Can be dwelt upon;     It is hurried through,     It is come and gone,     Undone it cannot be done,     It is ever to do,     Ever old, ever new,     Ever waxing old     And lapsing to Winter cold.

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