Taste life's glad moments, <br />Whilst the wasting taper glows; <br />Pluck, ere it withers, <br />The quickly-fading rose. <br /> <br />Man blindly follows grief and care, <br />He seeks for thorns, and finds his share, <br />Whilst violets to the passing air <br />Unheeded shed their blossoms. <br />Taste life's,
