tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957598.post3528426215310992361..comments2023-08-27T07:44:41.649-05:00Comments on Sheer Fitness: Tempus Fug ItJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364474203368804347noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957598.post-53886417258155100132012-02-01T12:29:53.241-06:002012-02-01T12:29:53.241-06:00Haha, nice excuse, I use that as well :D That, and...Haha, nice excuse, I use that as well :D That, and my life is not as interesting as it used to be. :) <br /><br />I agree though, this year is already flying by way too fast...♥april_denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028058341891397452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957598.post-80632277318341901012012-01-10T19:20:36.219-06:002012-01-10T19:20:36.219-06:00The River of Life
THE more we live, more brief ap...The River of Life<br /><br />THE more we live, more brief appear <br />Our life's succeeding stages; <br />A day to childhood seems a year, <br />And years like passing ages. <br /><br />The gladsome current of our youth, 5<br />Ere passion yet disorders, <br />Steals lingering like a river smooth <br />Along its grassy borders. <br /><br />But as the careworn cheek grows wan, <br />And sorrow's shafts fly thicker, 10<br />Ye stars, that measure life to man, <br />Why seem your courses quicker? <br /><br />When joys have lost their bloom and breath, <br />And life itself is vapid, <br />Why, as we reach the Falls of Death 15<br />Feel we its tide more rapid? <br /><br />It may be strange—yet who would change <br />Time's course to slower speeding, <br />When one by one our friends have gone, <br />And left our bosoms bleeding? 20<br /><br />Heaven gives our years of fading strength <br />Indemnifying fleetness; <br />And those of youth, a seeming length, <br />Proportion'd to their sweetness. <br /><br />Thomas Campbell<br />1774-1844Hackenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507810776309048794noreply@blogger.com