Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, YOUTH, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR.


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YOUTH, by                    
First Line: I shall remember then
Last Line: Old dreams, old roses ... And old friends.
Subject(s): Memory; Youth


I shall remember then,
At twilight time or in the hush of dawn,
Or yet, mayhap, when on a straying wind
The scent of lilac comes, or when
Some strain of music startles and is gone.

Old dreams, old roses, all so far behind,
Blossoms and birds and ancient shadow-trees,
Whispers at sunset, the low hum of bees,
And sheep that graze beneath a summer sun,
Will they too come, they who in yester-year
Walked the same paths and in the first of Spring,
And shall I hear
Their distant voices murmuring?

I shall remember then
When youth is done,
With the dim years grown gray;
And I shall wonder what it is that ends,
And why they seem so very far away—
Old dreams, old roses ... and old friends.





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