The Flower That Once Has Blown Forever

You Know How Little While We Have To Stay, And, Once Departed, May Return No More.

To Friends And Eke To Foes True Kindness Show; No Kindly Heart Unkindly Deeds Will Do; Harshness Will Alienate A Bosom Friend. And Kindness Reconcile A Deadly Foe.

By Fate Full Many A Heart Has Been Undone, And Many A Sprightly Rose Made Woe-begone; Plume Thee Not On Thy Lusty Youth And Strength: Full Many A Bud Is Blasted Ere Its Bloom.

The Secret Must Be Kept From All Non-people. The Mystery Must Be Hidden From All Idiots.

Alas, That Spring Should Vanish With The Rose! That Youths Sweet-scented Manuscript Should Close!