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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE QUICK YEARS, by DOROTHY SPROULE
First Line: The quick years pass like birds in hurried flight
Last Line: Are now about your feet.
Subject(s): Aging
First Line: The quick years pass like birds in hurried flight
Last Line: Are now about your feet.
Subject(s): Aging
The quick years pass like birds in hurried flight,
Cleaving all space with swift and shining wing,
Blown over spray of cloud to endless day
Where life remains a fair and radiant thing.
As if your rose had climbed a garden wall
Your eager eyes in fadeless bloom to greet;
And golden stars that were above your head
Are now about your feet.
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