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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALDRICH, 1866-1907, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: What has become of it, your youth and mine
Last Line: Planet you dwell, our youth and gladness are.
Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D.
Subject(s): Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907); Novels & Novelists; Poetry & Poets; Youth
First Line: What has become of it, your youth and mine
Last Line: Planet you dwell, our youth and gladness are.
Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D.
Subject(s): Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907); Novels & Novelists; Poetry & Poets; Youth
What has become of it, your youth and mine,
That once we drank together like a wine,
And while we kissed the brimming bowl and quaffed,
Joked at ourselves, and laughed, and laughed, and laughed.
Even the antic echo of our mirth,
Gay shadow of it, has perished from the earth,
And silence has fallen where there used to be
The joyousness of the prime for you and me.
You have taken it with you whither you have gone,
And I, who here behind you, linger on,
Make it my cheer that in whatever far
Planet you dwell, our youth and gladness are.
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