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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 2, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though you are young and I am old Last Line: Thou fool! To-morrow thou must die!' Subject(s): Carpe Diem; Youth | |||
THOUGH you are young, and I am old, Though your veins hot, and my blood cold, Though youth is moist, and age is dry; Yet embers live, when flames do die. The tender graft is easily broke, But who shall shake the sturdy oak? You are more fresh and fair than I; Yet stubs do live when flowers do die. Thou, that thy youth doth vainly boast, Know buds are soonest nipped with frost: Think that thy fortune still doth cry, 'Thou fool! to-morrow thou must die!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES |
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