Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOUTH AND BEAUTY, by AURELIAN TOWNSEND Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Thou art so fair, and young withal Last Line: For fear my cradle prove my urn. Alternate Author Name(s): Townshend, Aurelian Subject(s): Youth | ||||||||
THOU art so fair, and young withal, Thou kindlest young desires in me, Restoring life to leaves that fall, And sight to eyes that hardly see, Half those fresh beauties bloom in thee. Those under several herbs and flowers Disguised, were all Medea gave, When she recalled Time's flying hours, And aged Æson from his grave; For beauty can both kill and save. Youth it enflames, but age it cheers, I would go back, but not return To twenty, but to twice those years; Not blaze, but ever constant burn, For fear my cradle prove my urn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN A BACCHANAL by AURELIAN TOWNSEND A DIALOGUE BETWIXT, TIME AND A PILGRIME by AURELIAN TOWNSEND |
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