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YOUTH: A SONG OF ADOLESCENCE, by                    
First Line: Why do I want to run away
Last Line: Of wind swept hills and desert trails?
Subject(s): Adolescence; Teen Agers


Why do I want to run away,
To be alone and free and gay?
Why do I love adventure so --
To climb tall mountains capped with snow,
To sail an angry sea of green
And feel that salt wind fresh and clean,
To ride long wastes of desert sand
On horse, like winds that never land,
To sleep beneath a desert sky --
The quiet stars, the moon, and I?

Am I a Gypsy out of place --
One of that wistful, wilful race:
A lover of those wandering ways --
Of quiet nights and carefree days:
A dreamer of forgotten tales --
Of wind swept hills and desert trails?





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