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| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
| Edward Coate Pinkney. 1802–1828 |
| 36. A Parting |
| ALAS! our pleasant moments fly | |
| On rapid wings away, | |
| While those recorded with a sigh, | |
| Mock us by long delay. | |
| Time—envious time—loves not to be | 5 |
| In company with mirth, | |
| But makes malignant pause to see | |
| The work of pain on earth. |
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