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TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

Poet Analysis

First Line: TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE? / AH, SAY NOT SO!
Last Line: AH, NO! NO! NO!
Subject(s): LOVE; YOUTH;

TOO young for love?
Ah, say not so!
Tell reddening rosebuds not to blow!
Wait not for spring to pass away, --
Love's summer months begin with May!
Too young for love?
Ah, say not so!
Too young? Too young?
Ah, no! no! no!

Too young for love?
Ah, say not so,
While daisies bloom and tulips glow!
June soon will come with lengthened day
To practise all love learned in May.
Too young for love?
Ah, say not so!
Too young? Too young?
Ah, no! no! no!



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