Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded — William Knox
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Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud-Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?

— William Knox
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