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Classic poem of the day

Twice Forty moneths in wedlock I did stay,
Then had my vows crown'd with a lovely boy.
And yet in forty days he dropt away;
O! swift vicissitude of humane Joy!

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I did but see him, and he disappear'd,
I did but touch the Rose=bud, and it fell;
A sorrow unfore=seen and scarcely fear'd,
Soe ill can mortalls their afflictions spell.
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Member poem of the day

The girl writing this has much to learn. 
She's made mistakes, more than a few. 
She didn't try hard enough and she knew
She wouldn't amount to anything. 
She was nothing. 
No more than a burden floating 
In the abyss of society. 
The stress and anxiety
Building up inside and she
Didn't know what else to do, 
But to leave. 
Leave ...
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