Memento Mori

Christina Rossetti

1830 to 1894

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Track 1

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Every 10th word

Poor the pleasure
Doled out by measure,
Sweet though be, while brief
As falling of the leaf;
Poor pleasure
By weight and measure.

Sweet the sorrow
Which to-morrow;
Sharp though it be and sore,
It ends evermore:
Zest of sorrow,
What ends to-morrow.