Littell's Living Age/Volume 131/Issue 1688/From the Italian

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Littell's Living Age, Volume 131, Issue 1688

From the Italian by C.

The Reality of Duty: as Illustrated by the Autobiography of Mr. John Stuart Mill

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FROM THE ITALIAN.

The past is not, — the hues in which 'tis drest
Fond memory supplies;
The future is not, — hope-born in the breast
Its fancied joys arise;
The present is not, — like the lightning's gleam
Its brief illusions seem;
This is the life allotted unto man,
A memory, — a hope, — a fleeting moment's span.

Spectator. C.