Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOST ART, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was young and light of heart Last Line: May mock my youth's hypocrisy! Subject(s): Youth | ||||||||
I. WHEN I was young and light of heart I made sad songs with easy art: Now I am sad, and no more young, My sorrow cannot find a tongue. II. Pray, Muses, since I may not sing Of Death or any grievous thing, Teach me some joyous strain, that I May mock my youth's hypocrisy! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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