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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN YOUTH, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Perhaps, through life, 'twill not be always so
Last Line: I wonder that so much of joy can be.
Subject(s): Past; Youth
First Line: Perhaps, through life, 'twill not be always so
Last Line: I wonder that so much of joy can be.
Subject(s): Past; Youth
Perhaps, through life, 'twill not be always so --
But now, in my youth, the world seems to abound
With things so beautiful that I feel crowned,
At times, with joy as great as Heaven can know.
Ay, there is very blackness oft to fight:
But at the sight of sunrise bright and strong;
Or sound of some sweet strain of waltz or song
Made precious by a ball-room's wild delight;
Or when I watch, with eyes that may seem bold,
The passing of fair women in the street,
Two arm in arm, perhaps, with cheeks that meet
The air and flush, and tresses brown or gold;
My soul springs upward with such ecstasy,
I wonder that so much of joy can be.
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