Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT TWENTY, by MARY EUGENE


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AT TWENTY, by                    
First Line: Yesterday, all day dejection wrung my being
Last Line: I'd be so old, so old.
Subject(s): Aging


Yesterday, all day dejection wrung my being,
A wistful sadness stayed;
One time I'd have the moments quickly fleeing,
Then wished them long delayed.

I wondered why the children romped so gladly
Upon the village street;
I chafed to hear the sparrows chirp so madly
Above my window seat.

I grieved to see the tireless world careering
Upon its endless way;
I yearned to halt the morrow's rapid nearing
And live for just today.

For youth, with rainbow happiness a-plenty
Was slipping from my hold;
Alas! the coming day would find me twenty,
I'd be so old, so old.





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