Said the Old Young Man to the Young Old Man: "Alack, and well a-day!" Said the Young Old Man to the Old Young Man: "The cherry-tree's in flourish!" Said the Old Young Man to the Young Old Man: "The world is growing grey." Said the Young Old Man to the Old Young Man: "The cherry-tree's in flourish!" Said the Old Young Man to the Young Old Man: "Both flower and fruit decay." Said the Young Old Man to the Old Young Man: "The cherry-tree's in flourish!" Said the Old Young Man to the Young Old Man: "Alack, and well-a-day! The world is growing grey: And flower and fruit decay. Beware Old Man, beware Old Man! For the end of life is nearing; And the grave yawns by the way..." Said the Young Old Man to the Old Young Man: "I'm a trifle hard of hearing; And can't catch a word you say... But the cherry-tree's in flourish!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INFANT JOY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE SONNET: IN ABSENCE FROM BECCHINA by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA FATHER WILLIAM [QUESTIONED], FR. ALICE IN WONDERLAND by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON THE ECSTASY [EXTASIE] by JOHN DONNE TO THE WATER NYMPHS DRINKING AT THE FOUNTAIN by ROBERT HERRICK |