A MADRIGAL.
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Love is a life, Sweetheart, ending in death:
Is it worth while to mourn its fleeting breath,—
Light-footed youth, or sad. fore-casting prime,
Joy of young hope, or grief of later time?
What pain or pleasure stays its parting breath?
Love is a life, Sweetheart, ending in death.
Is it worth while to mourn its fleeting breath,—
Light-footed youth, or sad. fore-casting prime,
Joy of young hope, or grief of later time?
What pain or pleasure stays its parting breath?
Love is a life, Sweetheart, ending in death.
