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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN OLD WASSAIL-CUP, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Where youth and laughter lingered long
Last Line: Life's emptiness!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Aging
First Line: Where youth and laughter lingered long
Last Line: Life's emptiness!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Aging
WHERE Youth and Laughter lingered long
To quaff delight, with wanton song
And warm caress,
Now Time and Silence strive amain
With lips unsatisfied, to drain
Life's emptiness!
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