Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOW LONG?, by JUHAD HA-LEVI


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First Line: How long wilt thou in childhood's slumber lie?
Last Line: Of souls that seek god's goodness evermore
Alternate Author Name(s): Judah Ha-levi
Subject(s): Aging; God; Jews; Youth; Judaism


HOW long wilt thou in childhood's slumber lie?
Know that youth flies like chaff the wind before.
Can spring forever last? Nay, soon draws nigh
Old age's messenger with tresses hoar.
Shake thyself free from sin, as ere they fly,
The birds shake of the night-dews' pearled store.
Cast off temptations that thy peace defy,
Like troubled waves upon a rocky shore,
And follow after that pure company
Of souls that seek God's goodness evermore





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