“These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly,
Waking in the dawn of the morning,
In the evening will be a pitiful frivolity,
Sleeping in the cold night’s arms.”

—  Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Éstas que fueron pompa y alegría<br>despertando al albor de la mañana,<br>a la tarde serán lástima vana<br>durmiendo en brazos de la noche fría. <br class="br"> A las flores (&quot;Éstas, que fueron pompa y alegría&quot;) http://es.wikisource.org/wiki/A_las_flores_%28Calder%C3%B3n_de_la_Barca%29.

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