YOUNG ardent soul, graced with fair Nature's truth, Spring warmth of heart, and fervency of mind, And still a large late love of all thy kind, Spite of the world's cold practice and Time's tooth, -- For all these gifts, I know not, in fair sooth, Whether to give thee joy, or bid thee blind Thine eyes with tears, -- that thou hast not resigned The passionate fire and fierceness of thy youth: For as the current of thy life shall flow, Gilded by shine of sun or shadow-stained, Through flow'ry valley or unwholesome fen, Thrice blessed in thy joy, or in thy woe Thrice cursed of thy race, -- thou art ordained To share beyond the lot of common men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE DISSEMBLED, FR. AS YOU LIKE IT by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD by WALT WHITMAN THE SCHOLARS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 31. A QUESTION by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) A SONG OF RICHES by KATHARINE LEE BATES THIRTEEN AT TABLE by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER ASPIRATIONS: 5 by MATHILDE BLIND CONSOLATION by STANLEY KILNER BOOTH BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS: BOOK 1. THE FOURTH SONG by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |