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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LET YOUNG FOLKS PLAY, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: Let young folk be blithe and gay
Last Line: Let young folks be blithe and play
Subject(s): Children;play; Childhood
First Line: Let young folk be blithe and gay
Last Line: Let young folks be blithe and play
Subject(s): Children;play; Childhood
LET young folk be blithe and gay,
For young folk should take their fling;
None should dare to bid them stay
If they laugh, and dance, and sing,
And are glad while yet they may.
When a youthful maid doth wed
One whose three score years are said,
She her folly rues each day--
Let young folks be blithe and gay.
This our prayer, kind Jesus, hear:
Do Thou recompense the wrong
That stern greybeards, too severe,
Vent upon the blithe and young,
Blaming them far more than right,
God will then avenge their spite
On the dreadful judgment day--
Let young folks be blithe and play.
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