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HEBREW MELODIES.
"ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER."
I.
Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine,
And health and youth possess'd me;
My goblets blush'd from every vine,
And lovely forms caress'd me;
Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine,
And health and youth possess'd me;
My goblets blush'd from every vine,
And lovely forms caress'd me;
I sunn'd my heart in beauty's eyes,
And felt my soul grow tender;
All earth can give, or mortal prize,
Was mine of regal splendour.
And felt my soul grow tender;
All earth can give, or mortal prize,
Was mine of regal splendour.
