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Poem of the Day: ‘Life and Love: A Song’

In a work from a chronicler of the Restoration court’s most dissipated extremes, a young man recalls his vanished life as a transitory dream. Yet even on his deathbed, he winks at his mistress.

Jacob Huysmans: 'Portrait of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester,' detail.
Jacob Huysmans: 'Portrait of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester,' detail. Via Wikimedia Commons