Of Beauty

Lovis Corinth

Old Man in Armor

Of Beauty

Let us use it while we may

Snatch those joys that haste away!

Earth her winter coat may cast,

And renew her beauty past:

But, our winter come, in vain

We solicit spring again;

And when our furrows snow shall cover,

Love may return but never lover.

~ Sir Richard Fanshawe ~