sic vita - Popular Poems and stories from category

I am a parcel of vain strivings tied By a chance bond together, Dangling this way and that, their links Were made so loose and wide, Methinks, For milder weather
A bunch of violets without their roots, And sorrel intermixed, Encircled by a wi...

Like to the falling of a star,
Or as the flights of eagles are,
Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,
Or silver drops of morning dew,