 | The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder |  |
“JOCOSERIA”
Men grow old before their time,
With the journey half before them;
In languid rhyme
They deplore them.
With the journey half before them;
In languid rhyme
They deplore them.
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Life up-gathers carks and cares,
So good-by to maid and lover!
Find three gray hairs,
And cry, “All's over!”
So good-by to maid and lover!
Find three gray hairs,
And cry, “All's over!”
Look at Browning! How he keeps
In the seventies still a heart
That never sleeps—
Still an art
In the seventies still a heart
That never sleeps—
Still an art
Full of youth's own grit and power,
Thoughts we deemed to boys belonging;
The springtime's flower—
Love-and-longing.
Thoughts we deemed to boys belonging;
The springtime's flower—
Love-and-longing.
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