<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371258" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet: Elixir of Life</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">O God, give me the Elixir of Life<br>To stay alive a century or more; <br>Thou free me forever from all my strife; <br>In divine love, let heart, mind and soul grow! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poets of past years had a short life-span, <br>And died of disease, poverty and strife; <br>I wish to live long, die a holy man; <br>Give me on earth a spiritual Bard-life! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Could I be happy on earth and heaven? <br>Aware I am, Thou made me from mere clod; <br>Why didst Thou make me bard amidst such men? <br>What do I give Thee in return, O God? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poems of mine will vindicate my love<br>And live for long, before I fly above! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(9-20-2000)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371258" data-title="Sonnet: Elixir of Life de John Celes" data-description="O God, give me the Elixir of Life To stay alive a century or more; Thou free me forever from all my strife; In divine love, let heart, mind and soul grow! Poets of past years had a short life-span, And died of disease, poverty and strife; I ..."></div> </div> </div>

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