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EXCEEDING ALL by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: LONG LIFE'S A LOVELY THING TO KNOW
Last Line: THE LOVELINESS OF YOUTH!
Subject(s): HEALTH; LIFE; YOUTH;

LONG life's a lovely thing to know,
With lovely health and wealth, forsooth,
And lovely name and fame -- But O
The loveliness of Youth!



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