Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRIVILEGE, by RUTH MILLER REED


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PRIVILEGE, by                    
First Line: If youth were all- fleet - footed, gay with song
Last Line: The master walked beside the least of these.
Subject(s): Grandchildren; Grandparents; Walking; Youth; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers


Jimmie said, "Grandma, I would rather go to the zoo with you; you
walk more slowly."

If youth were all—fleet-footed, gay with song,
Filling the air with ringing laughter sweet—
What would become of those whose tiny feet
Have just begun to toddle on the long
Pathway that childhood treads; a helpless throng
Whose short uncertain steps cannot compete
With youth's long strides, whose hands reach out to greet
A comrade who will slowly stroll along.

So you who think your journey sadly slow
Into the sunset, put regret aside
And learn the privilege the years bestow
When children long to linger by your side,
Their little feet keeping your pace with ease.
The Master walked beside the least of these.





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