Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO JULIA WARD HOWE; ON HER EIGHTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Youth is thy gift -- the youth that baffles time Last Line: Enchant -- queen of the long-ago and now. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910); Youth | ||||||||
YOUTH is thy gift -- the youth that baffles Time, And smiles derisively at vanished years. Since the long past the present more endears, And life but ripens in its golden prime, Who knows to what proud heights thou still may'st climb -- What summoning call thy listening spirit hears -- What triumphs wait, ere conquering death appears -- What magic beauty thou may'st lend to rhyme? Sovereign of Love and May, we kiss the hand Such noble work has wrought, and add our bays To those with which the world has crowned thy brow: Thy subjects we, in this the happy land, Thy presence gladdens, and thy gracious ways Enchant -- Queen of the Long-Ago and Now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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