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Men hail the rising sun with glee, They love his setting glow to see, But fail to mark that every day In fragments bears their life away. All Nature’s face delight to view, As changing seasons come anew; None sees how each revolving year Abridges swiftly man’s career.
Men hail the rising sun with glee, They love his setting glow to see, But fail to mark that every day In fragments bears their life away. All Nature’s face delight to view, As changing seasons come anew; None sees how each revolving year Abridges swiftly man’s career.
In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Unresolved attribution · printed label: Ramāyāna
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- In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Book of Wise Sayings (1893) (1893 AD)
Saying 287 · printed source label: Ramāyāna · entry translator not specified
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