Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO ONE WHO DIED YOUNG, by LOLLY WILLIAMS


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TO ONE WHO DIED YOUNG, by                    
First Line: You believed with childhood's magnitude
Last Line: Here rests a dream, here rests a faith intact.
Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed


You believed with childhood's magnitude,
And all was well. You never saw the feud
When old ideals encounter world's demands
And come to dust. Your artless, chubby hands
Will never strangle hope, nor nurture greed.
You'll never know the time the gods recede.

How good a thing it is, those candid eyes
That saw a truth as truth and lies as lies
Will never see the taint of compromise.
You'll never be a part of sorrow's pact ...
Here rests a dream, here rests a faith intact.





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