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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD MEN'S COUNSEL, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: Young men's counsel breathes desire
Last Line: Plans, persists, and then succeeds.
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: Young men's counsel breathes desire
Last Line: Plans, persists, and then succeeds.
Subject(s): Old Age
Young men's counsel breathes desire,
Ardent passion, raging fire.
Old men's counsel utters truth,
Governing the fires of youth.
Young men's counsel leaps on high,
Like a rocket in the sky.
Old men's counsel will be found
Firmly fixed upon the ground.
Young men's counsel bravely dares,
And a lordly front it wears.
Old men's counsel, brave yet wise,
Tests its wings before it flies.
Young men's counsel looks afar
Where the shining mountains are.
Old men's counsel seeks to know
Safest ways and best to go.
Young men's counsel, over-bold,
Grasps a prize, but does not hold.
Old men's counsel, rich in deeds,
Plans, persists, and then succeeds.
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