Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
Fear no More the Heat o th SunWilliam Shakespeare (15641616)
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Nor the furious winter’s rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages.
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
Thou art past the tyrant’s stroke:
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.
Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash:
Thou hast finished joy and moan:
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust.