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First Line: The past is dead. Let lethe's waters close
Last Line: The life that lives is one eternal now.
Subject(s): Time


THE Past is dead. Let Lethe's waters close
Above its vain regrets, a brood of care.
The ghosts of joys departed haunt the air
With discontent; and mar the heart's repose.
The false mirage of hope at distance glows,
Alluring voyageur with promise fair,
That oft misleads his soul to fatal snare.
The Future mortal seer but dimly knows.
Incessant battle must the Present wage,
Unswerved by hope, that dazzles to betray,
Or sad-eyed memory mourning broken vow.
Well-balanced manhood treads the world's grand stage,
And plays its realistic parts to-day.
The life that lives is one eternal Now.





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