Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,
But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
These laid the world away: poured out the red
Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be
Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene
That men call age, and those who would have been
Their sons, they gave their immortality.
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Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death.
It dreams a rest, if not more deep,
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Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death.
It dreams a rest, if not more deep,
More grateful than this marble sleep;
It hears a voice within it tell:
Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well.
'Tis all perhaps which man acquires,
But 'tis not what our youth desires.
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.
Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies read more
I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.
You're never too old to become younger
You're never too old to become younger
