O FLOWER-LIKE years of youth, Delay, delay! Old Time shall soon, forsooth, December make of May. Bid him away! O flower-like years of youth, Oh, stay; oh, stay! Nor covet Age uncouth, When all is warm and gay For you to-day. O flower-like years of youth, Delay, delay! Let others seek for Truth; Yours is the time for play And dance of fay. O flower-like years of youth, Oh, stay; oh, stay! Time with remorseless tooth Shall gnaw your bloom away; Then say him nay. O flower-like years of youth, Delay, delay! Age knows for you no ruth; Then, till your latest day, Hold him at bay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DESERTER['S MEDITATION] by JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN THE SNOW-STORM by RALPH WALDO EMERSON IT COULDN'T BE DONE by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST FOUR-LEAF CLOVER by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON THIRTY EIGHT. ADDRESSED TO MRS. H -- Y. by CHARLOTTE SMITH SONNET TO THE KYNGE by THEODORE AGRIPPA D' AUBIGNE DRAB BONNETS by BERNARD BARTON TO A BUNCH OF GRAPES; RIPENING IN MY WINDOW by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |