How Fading Are The Joys We Dote Upon! Like Apparitions Seen And Gone.

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How fading are the joys we dote upon!
Like apparitions seen and gone.
But those which soonest take their flight
Are the most exquisite and strong,--
Like angels' visits, short and bright;
Mortality 's too weak to bear them long.
-- John Norris (1657-1711)
-- The Parting

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