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...And although thus short, we shorten many ways, Living so little while we are alive; In eating, drinking, sleeping, vain delight So unawares comes on perpetual night, And puts all pleasures vain unto eternal flight.Anne Bradstreet
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As life runs on, the road grows strange With faces new, and near the end The milestones into headstones change, ’ Neath every one a friend.James Russell Lowell