This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up i… - William Drummond of Hawthornden

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This Life, which seems so fair,
Is like a bubble blown up in the air
By sporting children's breath,
Who chase it every where

William Drummond of Hawthornden

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William Drummond of Hawthornden (13 December 1585 – 4 December 1649) was a Scottish poet.

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Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble.

Of this fair volume which we World do name
If we the sheets and leaves could turn with care,
Of him who it corrects, and did it frame,
We clear might read the art and wisdom rare.

My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow
With thy green mother in some shady grove,
When immelodious winds but made thee move,
And birds their ramage did on thee bestow.

This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who chase it every where - William Drummond of Hawthornden

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