. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . -BLOWERS. There are Bubbles above and below,— On land, and at sea, and in air;But none of the bubbles I know. With the bubbles of Britain compare :— Such wonderful bubbles are they ! What puffing it took, and what trouble. To blow all these bubbles at first!And the trouble was more than made double. When the bubbles of Britain all burst!— - What troublesome bubbles were they! But why should you mourn ov
. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . -BLOWERS. There are Bubbles above and below,— On land, and at sea, and in air;But none of the bubbles I know. With the bubbles of Britain compare :— Such wonderful bubbles are they ! What puffing it took, and what trouble. To blow all these bubbles at first!And the trouble was more than made double. When the bubbles of Britain all burst!— - What troublesome bubbles were they! But why should you mourn over are pufFd in and out with a breath. When the greatest of bubbles and troublesAre, one and all, puffd out by Death !— The bubbles and troubles of Life! Vain, inconsistent, self-deluded visions limited to finite space. 466 DEATH S DOINGS. You grasp some idle phantom of the brain. And, maniac-like, would clank and hug your chain. All—all is vanity beneath the sun! Wheneer the sand of Life its course hath run— Or soon, or late—tis then the proper time This grovelling world to quit, and seek the clime Where Lifes eternal, glorious, and sublime ! S. THE END. PRINTED BY G. H. DAVIDSON, VAUD, DOCTORS COMMONS. ^ lM»railgili UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA 3 0112 081405125
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