Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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OH! YOUTH IS THE TREASURE.
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Oh, youth is the treasure, gay youth is the treasure,That gives the true lustre to silver and gold;
When young, the mere feeling of life is a pleasure,
A feeling that turns to a sorrow when old!
If youth in his path should encounter a dolour,
He'll pass it by briskly, and bid it adieu;
He'll gaze thro' a glass of a beautiful colour,
And all the wide world will look beautiful too!
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Is this then the lesson philosophy gives us?Is youth to be coupled with pleasure alone?
Ah no—let us think that when one season leaves us,
The other will boast some calm joys of its own.
If wandering youth his foot now and then places
On stepping stones, prudence will lay in his track,
Of his journey, when over, there still will be traces,
On which age will often look tranquilly back.
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