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Classic poem

LIFE IS THE BODY'S LIGHT

by Robert Herrick

Life is the body's light; which, once declining,

Those crimson clouds i' th' cheeks and lips leave shining:-

Those counter-changed tabbies in the air,

The sun once set, all of one colour are:

So, when death comes, fresh tinctures lose their place,

And dismal darkness then doth smutch the face.

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About this poem

First line
Life is the body's light; which, once declining,
Poet
Robert Herrick
Themes
nature, death, hope, night

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