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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A BRIGHT WINTER DAY, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: Foolish old heart, as glad of wind and sun
Last Line: Off, mocking fear, and let the young heart play!
Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D.
Subject(s): Aging; Youth
First Line: Foolish old heart, as glad of wind and sun
Last Line: Off, mocking fear, and let the young heart play!
Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D.
Subject(s): Aging; Youth
Foolish old heart, as glad of wind and sun
And of the lift of yonder unclouded blue,
As if the world's delight had just begun!
Do not you know such joy is not for you?
I know, I know! And yet I know that joy
Like that which maddens in me from the day,
While yet I breathe must find me still a boy:
Off, mocking Fear, and let the young heart play!
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