And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell,
Tell, if ye saw how I came thus, how here?—
Tell me, how may I know Him, how adore,
From whom I have that thus I move and live?—Paradise Lost, B. VIII.
Herrick says, in his address to the daffodils:—
We have short time to stay as you,
We have as short a spring;
As quick a growth to meet decay
As you or any thing.
We die