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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD, by THOMAS HOOD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spring it is cheery Last Line: What can an old man do but die? Subject(s): Adversity; Old Age | |||
Spring it is cheery, Winter is dreary, Green leaves hang, but the brown must fly; When he's forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die? Love will not clip him, Maids will not lip him, Maud and Marian pass him by; Youth it is sunny, Age has no honey, -- What can an old man do but die? June it was jolly, O for its folly! A dancing leg and a laughing eye! Youth may be silly, Wisdom is chilly, -- What can an old man do but die? Friends they are scanty, Beggars are plenty, If he has followers, I know why; Gold's in his clutches (Buying him crutches!) -- What can an old man do but die? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS BALLAD: TIME OF ROSES by THOMAS HOOD |
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