Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Laurence Binyon. b. 1869870. Invocation to Youth
COME then, as ever, like the wind at morning! | |
Joyous, O Youth, in the agèd world renew | |
Freshness to feel the eternities around it, | |
Rain, stars and clouds, light and the sacred dew. | |
The strong sun shines above thee: | 5 |
That strength, that radiance bring! | |
If Winter come to Winter, | |
When shall men hope for Spring? |