IN youth we shrink from solitude! Its quiet ways we shun, Because our hearts are fain to dance With others' in the sun; -- Life's nectar bubbling brightly up, O'erfloweth toward our brother's cup. In age we shrink from solitude, Because our God is there; And something in his "still, small voice" Doth bid our souls "beware!" Who flies from God and conscience, can But seek his fellow-sinner -- man! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HILLS WERE MADE FOR FREEDOM by WILLIAM GOLDSMITH BROWN THE MASK by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE FLOWER OF FINAE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS TO LEIGH HUNT, ESQ. by JOHN KEATS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES VINE DE PUY by LEVI BISHOP LYNTON VERSES: 1 by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 25 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |