The May-fly lives an hour, The star a million years; But as a summer flower, Or as a maiden's fears, They pass, and heaven is bare As tho' they never were.


The Collected Poems of Lord de Tabley, Hymn to Astarte, Chapman and Hall. 1903


The May-fly lives an hour, The star a million years; But as a summer flower, Or as a maiden's fears, They pass, and heaven is bare As tho' they never ...

The May-fly lives an hour, The star a million years; But as a summer flower, Or as a maiden's fears, They pass, and heaven is bare As tho' they never ...

The May-fly lives an hour, The star a million years; But as a summer flower, Or as a maiden's fears, They pass, and heaven is bare As tho' they never ...

The May-fly lives an hour, The star a million years; But as a summer flower, Or as a maiden's fears, They pass, and heaven is bare As tho' they never ...