Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HINT TO CYNICS, by HORACE SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: Youth, beauty, love, delight Last Line: That's blended with decay? Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio Subject(s): Beauty; Cynicism; Love; Youth | ||||||||
YOUTH, beauty, love, delight, All blessings bright and dear, Like shooting stars by night, Flash, fall, and disappear. Let Cynics doubt their worth, Because they're born to die, The wiser sons of earth Will snatch them ere they fly. Tho' mingled with alloy, We throw not gold away; Then why reject the joy That's blended with decay? | 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 ADDRESS TO THE MUMMY AT BELZONI'S EXHIBITION by HORACE SMITH |
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