Nine popular songs/All That's Bright Must Fade

ALL THAT’S BRIGHT MUST FADE.

All that’s bright must fade,
⁠The brightest still the fleetest,
All that’s sweet was made
⁠But to be lost when sweetest!
Stars that shine and fall,
⁠The flower that droops in springing,
These, alas! are types of all
⁠To which our hearts are clinging.

Who would seek or prize
⁠Delights that end in aching?
Who would trust to ties
⁠That every hour are breaking?
Better far to be
⁠In utter darkness lying,
Than blest with light, and see
⁠That light for ever flying!