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Alfred Austin - Time’s Defence
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``Why am I deemed an enemy of men
 Who would beyond Life`s limit life prolong?
 If they believe that they will live again,
 How can it be that I have done them wrong?
 Is it not I who rout the Winter snows,
 And Spring`s melodious symphonies renew,
 Bring back the blush unto the budding rose,
 And christen Summer`s birth with morning dew?
 `Tis I that ring the silvery nuptial peal,
 When streams the Bridal up the rustic nave,
 And if around the bier where mourners kneel
 I toll the passing—bell and dig the grave,
 From death and grief I half dispel the gloom,
 Inscribing words of hope upon the loved one`s tomb.``
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