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Text: | Oh, what is life? 'tis like a flower |
Author: | Jane Taylor |
1 Oh, what is life? 'tis like a flower
That blossoms and is gone:
It flourishes its little hour,
With all its beauty on;
Death comes, and like a wintry day
It cuts the lovely flower away.
2 Lord, what is life? if spent with thee
In humble praise and prayer,
How long or short our life may be,
We feel no anxious care:
Though life departs, our joys shall last
When life and all its joys are past.
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First Line: | Oh, what is life? 'tis like a flower |
Author: | Jane Taylor |
Meter: | C. M. |
Publication Date: | 1873 |
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Topic: | Time and Eternity; What is Life? |