Poems (Rossetti, 1901)/Memento Mori

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4553977Poems — Memento MoriChristina Georgina Rossetti

MEMENTO MORI.
POOR the pleasure
Doled out by measure,
Sweet though it be, while brief
As falling of the leaf;
Poor is pleasure
By weight and measure.

Sweet the sorrow
Which ends to-morrow;
Sharp though it be and sore,
It ends for evermore:
Zest of sorrow,
What ends to-morrow.