Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud- Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?

William Knox
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William Shakespeare’s “Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death. From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud-” is a very dark poem. It talks about life and death. It talks about how short life is.

It talks about what people want after they die. How people wish they had done things better during their lives so that they could have lived longer.

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