As beauty’s dawn does not last
Longer than a few momentsIn man’s ugly mind,
Even so, purity’s eveningDoes not last
More than a few fleeting secondsIn man’s impure heart.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 5, Agni Press, 1983
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