| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (18381915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| Edward Coate Pinkney. 18021828 |
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| 36. A Parting |
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| ALAS! our pleasant moments fly | |
| On rapid wings away, | |
| While those recorded with a sigh, | |
| Mock us by long delay. | |
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| Timeenvious timeloves not to be | 5 |
| In company with mirth, | |
| But makes malignant pause to see | |
| The work of pain on earth. | |
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