Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.
Richard Henry Stoddard 18251903
Richard Henry Stoddard160 The Flight of Youth
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There are balms for all our pain:
But when youth, the dream, departs,
It takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again.
Under manhood’s sterner reign: Still we feel that something sweet Followed youth, with flying feet, And will never come again. And we sigh for it in vain: We behold it everywhere, On the earth, and in the air, But it never comes again.