This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who chase it every where. (William Drummond of Hawthornden)

This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who chase it every where.

William Drummond of Hawthornden

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