Birth and Death
Birth and death, twin-sister and twin-brother,Night and day, on all things that draw breath,Reign, while time keeps friends with one anotherBirth and death.
Each brow-bound with flowers diverse of wreath,Heaven they hail as father, earth as mother,Faithful found above them and beneath.
Smiles may lighten tears, and tears may smotherSmiles, for all that joy or sorrow saith:Joy nor sorrow knows not from each otherBirth and death.
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