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CUP OF LIFE. 

Drink deep of life its full sweet measure drain
While in the frozen distance waiteth death, Nor let one golden glinted drop remain Kissing the brim with warmth of eager breath; Too swiftly youth and age are borne away The while our untired feet would farther go - But the winged moments bear us day by day 
To that dim Shape-speak comrades,"friend or foe"? 
Drink deep of life,of love's deep joy and pain, 
Be king of the swift hours and not their slave 
Our souls are tempered as they    gain 
By the sharp bliss or pangs made strong to save 
Drink deep of what endures then all divine 
Quaff from Death's cup your life's immortal wine. 
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TWO SONNETS. 

THE CUP OF LIFE.
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Drink deep of life before thou seek to drain 
The last dull cup of cool and liquid death;
Drink every drop, let no rich glint remain 
While yet we kiss the brim with eager breath. 
The hour-glass runs away with youth and age-
Too quick the sands of life are slipped and crossed,
With trembling hand Time turns another page, 
And our slow feet upon the way are lost. 

Drink deep of life-of love's great joy and pain,-
Be king of the swift hours, and not their slave-
Our souls are tempered by the cups we drain 
To stronger life and love more strong to save. 
Drink deep of what endures, then strangely sweet 
Will seem the cup Death brings with lingering feet. 

WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE. 
Boston, March 16, 1887. 

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