The withered primrose by the mourning river, The faded summer’s sun from weeping… — Edmund Bolton

The withered primrose by the mourning river, The faded summer’s sun from weeping fountains, The light-blown bubble vanished for ever, The molten snow upon the naked mountains, Are emblems that the treasures we up-lay Soon wither, vanish, fade, and melt away.

1600
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Bolton, Edmund. A Palinode. c. 1600.