What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
JOHN DRYDEN
JOHN DRYDEN
John Dryden on dew
John Dryden239 quotes“What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?”
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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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