Youth's for an hour, Beauty's a flower, But love is the jewel that wins the world. Youth's for an hour, an' the taste o' life is sweet, Ailes was a girl that stepped on two bare feet; In all my days I never seen the one as fair as she, I'd have lost my life for Ailes, an' she never cared for me. Beauty's a flower, an' the days o' life are long, There's little knowin' who may live to sing another song; For Ailes was the fairest, but another is my wife, An' Mary -- God be good to her! -- is all I love in life. Youth's for an hour, Beauty's a flower, But love is the jewel that wins the world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ASOLANDO: SUMMUM BONUM by ROBERT BROWNING THE BATTLE-FIELD by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SHERMAN'S IN SAVANNAH [DECEMBER 22, 1864] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE LADDER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW GULLS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |