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AGE AND YOUTH by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE MUSIC'S DULL - I TRUST MY EARS
Last Line: HAS COME FROM YOUTH.'
Subject(s): AGING;
The music's dull – I trust my Ears;
The day is cold – I blame no Blood;
The air is mist – I trust my Eyes;
My breath is stale – my Teeth hold good;
My bed is hard – I blame no Bones;
My drink is Sour – I trust my Tongue.
Ears, Blood and Eyes; Teeth, Tongue and Bones –
Tell me what's wrong,
And speak the truth.
@3'It's strange, Old man, but no complaint
Has come from Youth.'@1



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