Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | V. Death and Bereavement | | Sic Vita | | Henry King (1592–1669) |
| | | LIKE 1 to the falling of a star, | |
| Or as the flights of eagles are, | |
| Or like the fresh spring’s gaudy hue, | |
| Or silver drops of morning dew, | |
| Or like a wind that chafes the flood, | 5 |
| Or bubbles which on water stood,— | |
| E’en such is man, whose borrowed light | |
| Is straight called in, and paid to-night. | |
| The wind blows out, the bubble dies, | |
| The spring entombed in autumn lies, | 10 |
| The dew dries up, the star is shot, | |
| The flight is past,—and man forgot! | |
| | | Note 1. Claimed for Francis Beaumont by some authorities. [back] | | |
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