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A lifespan of only six to fourteen days, ts short to begin with but, it appears that this individual didn't make it that long. It's interesting that I found this a bit sad but don't feel the same way upon seeing flies in spider webs.
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Lines from Christina Rossetti's poem "All Flesh is Grass" came to mind.
"So brief a life, and then an endless life
Or endless death;
So brief a life, then endless peace or
strife;
Whoso considereth
How man but like a flower
Or shoot of grass
Blooms an hour,
May well sigh, 'Alas!'
So brief a life, and then an endless grief
Or endless joy;
So brief a life, then ruin or relief;
What solace, what annoy
Of Time needs dwelling on?
It is, it was,
It is done,
While we sigh, 'Alas!'
A lifespan of only six to fourteen days, ts short to begin with but, it appears that this individual didn't make it that long. It's interesting that I found this a bit sad but don't feel the same way upon seeing flies in spider webs.
Lines from Christina Rossetti's poem "All Flesh is Grass" came to mind.
"So brief a life, and then an endless life
Or endless death;
So brief a life, then endless peace or
strife;
Whoso considereth
How man but like a flower
Or shoot of grass
Blooms an hour,
May well sigh, 'Alas!'
So brief a life, and then an endless grief
Or endless joy;
So brief a life, then ruin or relief;
What solace, what annoy
Of Time needs dwelling on?
It is, it was,
It is done,
While we sigh, 'Alas!'