Love's Youth

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Love's Youth

WHEN hair of gold

Turns hair of grey;

When joys grow cold

And fade away;

Then Loves grow old,

And Loves decay.

Nay, there you miss

Love's meaning high:

Love is nor kiss

Nor lover's sigh

But inmost Bliss

That cannot die.

It is a lark!

On soaring wings,

Or day or dark

It ever sings

--O mortals hark!--

Immortal things.

It is the blood

r the Heart of God:

It brings the bud

To Aaron's rod;

And stirs the mud,

And stings the clod.

With songs unsung,

And tales untold,

With seeds unflung,

And buds unrolled,

Love will be young

Till God is old!

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Love's Youth
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greatwar_macfie122
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War: an Ode And Other Poems
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<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Love's Youth</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">WHEN hair of gold</p><p class="line">Turns hair of grey;</p><p class="line">When joys grow cold</p><p class="line">And fade away;</p><p class="line">Then Loves grow old,</p><p class="line">And Loves decay.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Nay, there you miss</p><p class="line">Love's meaning high:</p><p class="line">Love is nor kiss</p><p class="line">Nor lover's sigh</p><p class="line">But inmost Bliss</p><p class="line">That cannot die.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">It is a lark!</p><p class="line">On soaring wings,</p><p class="line">Or day or dark</p><p class="line">It ever sings</p><p class="line">--O mortals hark!--</p><p class="line">Immortal things.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">It is the blood</p><p class="line">r the Heart of God:</p><p class="line">It brings the bud</p><p class="line">To Aaron's rod;</p><p class="line">And stirs the mud,</p><p class="line">And stings the clod.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">With songs unsung,</p><p class="line">And tales untold,</p><p class="line">With seeds unflung,</p><p class="line">And buds unrolled,</p><p class="line">Love will be young</p><p class="line">Till God is old!</p></div></body></html>