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Vanity Of Vanities - Sonnet

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Ah, woe is me for pleasure that is vain,         Ah, woe is me for glory that is past:         Pleasure that bringeth sorrow at the last,     Glory that at the last bringeth no gain!     So saith the sinking heart; and so again         It shall say till the mighty angel-blast         Is blown, making the sun and moon aghast     And showering down the stars like sudden rain.     And evermore men shall go fearfully         Bending beneath their weight of heaviness;     And ancient men shall lie down wearily,         And strong men shall rise up in weariness;     Yea, even the young shall answer sighingly         Saying one to another: How vain it is!

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