youth

WHEN THE SOUL LEAVES OFF TO DREAM AND YEARN from kendrive ^Pro 11 days old

HOPE AND FEAR Beneath the shadow of dawn's aërial cope, With eyes enkindled as the sun's own sphere, Hope from the front of youth in godlike cheer ...

UNLESS THOU GET A SON from kendrive ^Pro 33 days old

[ ... ] "strong youth in his middle age." However, from that point onward it is a downward path! The advice again to the youth is that the only way to ...

AGEING POET from kendrive ^Pro 308 days old

[ ... ] share in youth that still belongs to him. His verse is now quoted by young men. His visions come before their lively eyes. Their healthy sensual ...

PATHETIC LIFE? from kendrive ^Pro 313 days old

[ ... ] In his youth Cavafy wrote many poems about old age (this was written when he was 38) and I wonder whether he changed his opinion in later life?

YOUTHFUL AND CRUEL, WILD, DIVINE! from kendrive ^Pro 440 days old

Once again Aiken comments on the young and the elderly, with a youth looking into the future, addressing himself when old - and laughing. LAUGHTER ...

CRUEL AS CINEMATOGRAPH from kendrive ^Pro 452 days old

We continue with another Aiken poem about the attitude of Youth to Life. YOUTH PENETRANT I shall grow calm in a little while, But now, youth yearns ...

EVERY DOG HIS DAY from kendrive ^Pro 505 days old

Do I have to tell you anything about Charles Kingsley? I expect not - as most of you will know that he was the Victorian writer of the classic children's ...

(11) "CELEBRATION" YOUTH from kendrive ^Pro 1382 days old

"LOVELIEST OF TREES " Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for ...