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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN Poet's Biography
First Line: The world is young today: / forget the gods are old
Last Line: Is palpable -- and love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth
Subject(s): Death; Love; Dead, The
First Line: The world is young today: / forget the gods are old
Last Line: Is palpable -- and love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth
Subject(s): Death; Love; Dead, The
THE world is young today:
Forget the gods are old,
Forget the years of gold
When all the months were May.
A little flower of Love
Is ours, without a root,
Without the end of fruit,
Yet -- take the scent thereof.
There may be hope above,
There may be rest beneath;
We see them not, but Death
Is palpable -- and Love.
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