Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEAUTY'S A FLOWER, by NESTA HIGGINSON SKRINE


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First Line: Youth's for an hour
Last Line: But love is the jewel that wins the world.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'neill, Moira
Subject(s): Love


Youth's for an hour,
Beauty's a flower,
But love is the jewel that wins the world.

Youth's for an hour, an' the taste o' life is sweet,
Ailes was a girl that stepped on two bare feet;
In all my days I never seen the one as fair as she,
I'd have lost my life for Ailes, an' she never cared for me.

Beauty's a flower, an' the days o' life are long,
There's little knowin' who may live to sing another song;
For Ailes was the fairest, but another is my wife,
An' Mary -- God be good to her! -- is all I love in life.

Youth's for an hour,
Beauty's a flower,
But love is the jewel that wins the world.





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