Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LET YOUNG FOLKS PLAY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Let young folk be blithe and gay Last Line: Let young folks be blithe and play Subject(s): Children;play; Childhood | ||||||||
LET young folk be blithe and gay, For young folk should take their fling; None should dare to bid them stay If they laugh, and dance, and sing, And are glad while yet they may. When a youthful maid doth wed One whose three score years are said, She her folly rues each day-- Let young folks be blithe and gay. This our prayer, kind Jesus, hear: Do Thou recompense the wrong That stern greybeards, too severe, Vent upon the blithe and young, Blaming them far more than right, God will then avenge their spite On the dreadful judgment day-- Let young folks be blithe and play. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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