Life's Emblem

Upon that storied marble cast thine eye

The scene commands a moralising sigh

E'en in Arcadia's blessed Elysian plains

Amidst the laughing nymphs and sportive swains

Life's Emblem here in youth and vernal bloom

But Reason's finger pointing at the

See festal joy subside with melting grace

And pity visit the half-smiling face

Where now the dance, the lute, the ruptial feast

The passion throbbing in the lover's breast?

Life's Emblem here in youth and vernal bloom

But Reason's finger pointing at the tomb

So say me, noble stranger, what brings you here this night?

I have come to release you from the bitter taste of life

Why me? Why now? It cannot be my time

Everything that falls to the ground is mine

Upon that storied marble cast thine eye

The scene commands a moralising sigh

E'en in Arcadia's blessed Elysian plains

Amidst the laughing nymphs and sportive swains

See festal joy subside with melting grace

And pity visit the half-smiling face

Where now the dance, the lute, the ruptial feast

The passion throbbing in the lover's breast?

Life's Emblem here in youth and vernal bloom

But Reason's finger pointing at the

See festal joy subside with melting grace

And pity visit the half-smiling face

Where now the dance, the lute, the ruptial feast

The passion throbbing in the lover's breast?

Life's Emblem here in youth and vernal bloom

But Reason's finger pointing at the tomb

But in youth am I still, and in flesh am I strong

And I have a disease for every sin that you have done

But I've done nothing wrong, nothing bad or untrue

Neither God nor Devil agrees with you!