Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed,

And Daffadillies fill their cups with tears,

To strew the Laureat Herse where Lycid lies.

For so to interpose a little ease,

Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise.

Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth:

And, O ye Dolphins, waft the hapless youth. (John Milton)

Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed, And Daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the Laureat Herse where Lycid lies. For so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise. Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth: And, O ye Dolphins, waft the hapless youth.

John Milton

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