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ADOLESCENCE by MABEL WARD MCQUAID

First Line: WISTFUL, CRUEL, TENDER, GRUFF
Last Line: SUCH A PUZZLING THING IS LIFE!
Subject(s): ADOLESCENCE; TEEN AGERS;
Wistful, cruel, tender, gruff,
Each in turn you seem to be;
Baby, sage, roisterer, bluff --
All of these you seem to me.

Wonderings, thrills, longings, fears,
With all of these your soul is rife
As the age of man draws near.
Such a puzzling thing is life!



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