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ON SEEING SOME CHILDREN BLOWING BUBBLES.
See yonder youthful circle, blowing
Bubbles high in air,
While their hearts, with mirth o'erflowing,
Know no thought or care!
Bubbles high in air,
While their hearts, with mirth o'erflowing,
Know no thought or care!
See the sparkling globules rise,
Quickly in succession!
Some, ambitious, seek the skies,
Some, yielding to depression,
One moment sink, the next to mount on high,
And end their wavering course more brilliantly.
Quickly in succession!
Some, ambitious, seek the skies,
Some, yielding to depression,
One moment sink, the next to mount on high,
And end their wavering course more brilliantly.
Like visions glittering in life's young day,
Bright as yon globules, like them light as air,—
Bright as yon globules, like them light as air,—
