Could I be twenty-one again— Lithe, agile, sinewy, with eager eyes, Looking on all the world as some rich prize, Yet stepping joyously to seize the chance Of royal battle in that far-off France— Could I be twenty-one again! Could I be twenty-one again— God of our fathers, but I'd give Wealth, and success, yes, and all else, to live A youth once more, and have youth's ardor blaze Through heart and soul amid these flaming days! Could I be twenty-one again! Could I be twenty-one again— Turn back the clock—but no, it can not be— Checked hard by age, I must stand by and see As in a dream, the long, brown, charging line Taking the Flag through—yes, your Flag and mine! Could I be twenty-one again! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FRAGMENTARY BLUE by ROBERT FROST TWO PROMENADES SENTIMENTALES: 1. RAIN by EDITH SITWELL KU KLUX by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN ENOCH ARDEN by ALFRED TENNYSON THE PRINCESS: [BUGLE] SONG by ALFRED TENNYSON EFFICIENCY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |