Fuess and Stearns, comps. The Little Book of Society Verse. 1922.
By. Walter LearnedTo Critics
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From each censorious tongue,
“I’d not do that if I were you;
You see you’re rather young.”
I’m quite as often told
Of this or that I should n’t do
Because I’m quite too old.
Where youth and manhood keep
An equal poise, alas! I must
Have passed it in my sleep.