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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 2, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though you are young and I am old Last Line: Thou fool! To-morrow thou must die!' Subject(s): Carpe Diem; Youth | |||
THOUGH you are young, and I am old, Though your veins hot, and my blood cold, Though youth is moist, and age is dry; Yet embers live, when flames do die. The tender graft is easily broke, But who shall shake the sturdy oak? You are more fresh and fair than I; Yet stubs do live when flowers do die. Thou, that thy youth doth vainly boast, Know buds are soonest nipped with frost: Think that thy fortune still doth cry, 'Thou fool! to-morrow thou must die!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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