P&FQ - Poetry and Fascinating Quotes: Poem - "Life is the Body's Light" by Robert Herrick

"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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