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THE COMMON LOT by JOHN DRINKWATER

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN YOUTH AND SUMMER-TIME ARE GONE
Last Line: THE SAILING OF THE CARAVAN.
Subject(s): TIME; YOUTH;

WHEN youth and summer-time are gone,
And age puts quiet garlands on,
And in the speculative eye
The fires of emulation die,
But as to-day our time shall be
Trembling upon eternity,
While, still inconstant in debate,
We shall on revelation wait,
And age as youth will daily plan
The sailing of the caravan.



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