Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOUTH, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: She paved the way with perfume sweet Last Line: She left me to grow old alone. Subject(s): Love - Age Differences; Love - Complaints; Love - Loss Of | ||||||||
SHE paved the way with perfume sweet of flowers that moved like winds alight, And never weary grew my feet Wandering through the spring's delight. She dropped her sweet fife to her lips And lured me with her melodies, To where the great big wandering ships Put out into the peaceful seas. But when the year grew chill and brown, And all the wings of Summer flown, Within the tumult of a town She left me to grow old alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER POSSESS IT by MARK JARMAN THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LOVE COME AND GONE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE A SCOTCH SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE |
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