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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLIGHT OF YOUTH, by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are gains for all our losses Last Line: But it never comes again. Variant Title(s): Never Again;lost Subject(s): Transience; Youth; Impermanence | |||
THERE are gains for all our losses, There are balms for all our pain, But when youth, the dream, departs, It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again. We are stronger, and are better, Under manhood's sterner reign; Still we feel that something sweet Followed youth, with flying feet, And will never come again. Something beautiful is vanished, And we sigh for it in vain; We behold it everywhere, On the earth, and in the air, But it never comes again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL THE SEEKONK WOODS by GALWAY KINNELL ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1) by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD |
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