SONG. [Life's a varied, bright illusion] Ann Radcliffe (née Ward) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823. The Poems of Mrs. Ann Radcliffe. London printed by and for J. Smith, Princes Street 1816 p. 15. 118p. [Radcliffe's poems only, pp. 1-95]

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SONG . [ Life's a varied , bright illusion ] Life's a varied , bright illusion , Joy and sorrow — light and shade ; Turn from sorrow's dark suffusion , Catch the pleasures ere they fade . Fancy paints with hues unreal , Smile of bliss , and sorrow's mood ; If they both are but ideal , Why reject the seeming good ? Hence ! no more ! 'tis Wisdom calls ye , Bids ye court Time's present aid ; The future trust not — Hope enthrals ye , " Catch the pleasures ere they fade . "