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FESTE'S SONG (1), FR. TWELFTH NIGHT by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: O MISTRESS MINE, WHERE ARE YOU ROAMING?
Last Line: YOUTH'S STUFF WILL NOT ENDURE.
Subject(s): CARPE DIEM; HOLIDAYS; LOVE; VALENTINE'S DAY; YOUTH;

O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
Oh, stay and hear; your true love's coming,
That can sing both high and low.
Trip no further, pretty sweeting;
Journeys end in lovers meeting,
Every wise man's son doth know.

What is love? 'Tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter'
What's to come is still unsure.
In delay there lies no plenty,
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty;
Youth's stuff will not endure.



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