Change should breed Change

By William Drummond, of Hawthornden

1585-1649

NEW doth the sun appear,
         The mountains' snows decay,
Crown'd with frail flowers forth comes the baby year.
         My soul, time posts away;
         And thou yet in that frost
         Which flower and fruit hath lost,
As if all here immortal were, dost stay.
         For shame! thy powers awake,
Look to that Heaven which never night makes black,
And there at that immortal sun's bright rays,
Deck thee with flowers which fear not rage of days!

DayPoems Poem No. 231
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/231.html">Change should breed Change by William Drummond, of Hawthornden</a>

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