Moral Pieces, in Prose and Verse/Life 1

by Lydia Sigourney

For works with similar titles, see Life.

LIFE.

LIFE is like a painted dream,
Like the rapid summer stream,
Like the flashing meteor's ray,
Like the shortest winter's day,
Like the fitful breeze that sighs,
Like the wavering flame that dies,
Darting—dazzling on the eye,
Fading in Eternity.