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Through midnight hours that yield no more their former hope of rest;

'Tis but as ivy…leaves around the ruined turret wreathe;

All green and wildly fresh without; but worn and gray beneath。



Oh could I feel as I have felt; … or be what I have been;

Or weep as I could once have wept o'er many a vanished scene;

As springs in deserts found seem sweet; all brackish though they be;

So; midst the withered waste of life; those tears would flow to me。



George Gordon Byron '1788…1824'





〃WHEN AS A LAD〃



When; as a lad; at break of day

I watched the fishers sail away;

My thoughts; like flocking birds; would follow

Across the curving sky's blue hollow;

And on and on…

Into the very heart of dawn!



For long I searched the world!  Ah me!

I searched the sky; I searched the sea;

With much of useless grief and rueing;

Those winged thoughts of mine pursuing …

So dear were they;

So lovely and so far away!



I seek them still and always will

Until my laggard heart is still;

And I am free to follow; follow;

Across the curving sky's blue hollow;

Those thoughts too fleet

For any save the soul's swift feet!



Isabel Ecclestone Mackay '1875…





〃AROUND THE CHILD〃



Around the child bend all the three

Sweet Graces … Faith; Hope; Charity。

Around the man bend other faces 

Pride; Envy; Malice; are his Graces。



Walter Savage Landor '1775…1864'





ALADDIN



When I was a beggarly boy;

And lived in a cellar damp;

I had not a friend nor a toy;

But I had Aladdin's lamp;

When I could not sleep for the cold;

I had fire enough in my brain;

And builded; with roofs of gold;

My beautiful castles in Spain!



Since then I have toiled day and night;

I have money and power good store;

But I'd give all my lamps of silver bright

For the one that is mine no more。

Take; Fortune; whatever you choose;

You gave; and may snatch again;

I have nothing 'twould pain me to lose;

For I own no more castles in Spain!



James Russell Lowell '1819…1891'





THE QUEST



It was a heavenly time of life

When first I went to Spain;

The lovely land of silver mists;

The land of golden grain。



My little ship through unknown seas

Sailed many a changing day;

Sometimes the chilling winds came up

And blew across her way;



Sometimes the rain came down and hid

The shining shores of Spain;

The beauty of the silver mists

And of the golden grain。



But through the rains and through the winds;

Upon the untried sea;

My fairy ship sailed on and on;

With all my dreams and me。



And now; no more a child; I long

For that sweet time again;

When on the far horizon bar

Rose up the shores of Spain。



O lovely land of silver mists;

O land of golden grain;

I look for you with smiles; with tears;

But look for you in vain!



Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz '?…1933'





MY BIRTH…DAY



〃My birth…day〃 … what a different sound

That word had in my youthful ears!

And how; each time the day comes round;

Less and less white its mark appears!

When first our scanty years are told;

It seems like pastime to grow old;

And; as Youth counts the shining links

That Time around him binds so fast;

Pleased with the task; he little thinks

How hard that chain will press at last。

Vain was the man; and false as vain;

Who said … 〃were he ordained to run

His long career of life again;

He would do all that he had done。〃



Ah; 'tis not thus the voice; that dwells

In sober birth…days; speaks to me;

Far otherwise … of time it tells

Lavished unwisely; carelessly;

Of counsel mocked: of talents; made

Haply for high and pure designs;

But oft; like Israel's incense; laid

Upon unholy; earthly shrines;

Of nursing many a wrong desire;

Of wandering after Love too far;

And taking every meteor…fire

That crossed my pathway; for a star。

All this it tells; and; could I trace

The imperfect picture o'er again;

With power to add; retouch; efface

The lights and shades; the joy and pain;

How little of the past would stay!

How quickly all should melt away …

All … but that Freedom of the Mind;

Which hath been more than wealth to me;

Those friendships; in my boyhood twined;

And kept till now unchangingly;

And that dear home; that saving…ark;

Where Love's true light at last I've found;

Cheering within; when all grows dark;

And comfortless; and stormy round!



Thomas Moore '1779…1852'





SONNET

On His Having Arrived To The Age of Twenty…Three



How soon hath Time; the subtle thief of youth;

Stolen on his wing my three…and…twentieth year!

My hasting days fly on with full career;

But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th。

Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth

That I to manhood am arrived so near;

And inward ripeness doth much less appear;

That some more timely…happy spirits endu'th。

Yet; be it less or more; or soon or slow;

It shall be still in strictest measure even

To that same lot; however mean or high;

Toward which Time leads me; and the will of Heaven:

All is; if I have grace to use it so;

As ever in my great Task…master's eye。



John Milton '1608…1674'





ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY…SIXTH YEAR



'Tis time this heart should be unmoved;

Since others it hath ceased to move:

Yet; though I cannot be beloved;

Still let me love!



My days are in the yellow leaf;

The flowers and fruits of love are gone;

The worm; the canker; and the grief


Are mine alone!



The fire that on my bosom preys

Is lone as some volcanic isle;

No torch is kindled at its blaze …

A funeral pile。



The hope; the fear; the jealous care;

The exalted portion of the pain

And power of love; I cannot share;

But wear the chain。



But 'tis not thus … and 'tis not here …

Such thoughts should shake my soul; nor now;

Where glory decks the hero's bier;

Or binds his brow。



The sword; the banner; and the field;

Glory and Greece; around me see!

The Spartan; borne upon his shield;

Was not more free。



Awake! (not Greece … she is awake!)

Awake; my spirit! Think through whom

Thy life…blood tracks its parent lake;

And then strike home!



Tread those reviving passions down;

Unworthy manhood I … unto thee

Indifferent should the smile or frown

Of beauty be。



If thou regret'st thy youth; why live?

The land of honorable death

Is here: … up to the field; and give

Away thy breath!



Seek out … less often sought than found …

A soldier's grave; for thee the best;

Then look around; and choose thy ground;

And take thy rest。



George Gordon Byron '1788…1824'





GROWING GRAY

〃On a l'age de son caeur。〃 

              A。 D'Houdetot



A little more toward the light; …

Me miserable!  Here's one that's white;

And one that's turning;

Adieu to song and 〃salad days;〃

My Muse; let's go at once to Jay's;

And order mourning。



We must reform our rhymes; my Dear; …

Renounce the gay for the severe; …

Be grave; not witty;

We have; no more; the right to find

That Pyrrha's hair is neatly twined; …

That Chloe's pretty。



Young Love's for us a farce that's played;

Light canzonet and serenade

No more may tempt us;

Gray hairs but ill accord with dreams;

From aught but sour didactic themes

Our years exempt us。



Indeed! you really fancy so?

You think for one white streak we grow

At once satiric?

A fiddlestick!  Each hair's a string

To which our ancient Muse shall sing

A younger lyric。



The heart's still sound。  Shall 〃cakes and ale〃

Grow rare to youth because we rail

At schoolboy dishes?

Perish the thought!  'Tis ours to chant

When neither Time nor Tide can grant

Belief with wishes。



Austin Dobson '1840…1921'





THE ONE WHITE HAIR



The wisest of the wise

Listen to pretty lies

And love to hear'em told。

Doubt not that Solomon

Listened to many a one; …

Some in his youth; and more when he grew old。



I never was among

The choir of Wisdom's song;

But pretty lies loved I

As much as any king;

When youth was on the wing;

And (must it then be told?) when youth had quite gone by。



Alas! and I have not

The pleasant hour forgot

When one pert lady said;

〃O Walter! I am quite

Bewildered with affright!

I see (sit quiet now) a white hair on your head!〃



Another more benign

Snipped it away from mine;

And in her own dark hair

Pretended it was found 。 。 。

She leaped; and twirled it round 。 。 。

Fair as she was; she never was so fair!



Walter Savage Landor '1775…1864'





BALLADE OF MIDDLE AGE



Our youth began with tears and sighs;

With seeking what we could not find;

Our verses all were threnodies;

In elegiacs still we whined;

Our ears were deaf; our eyes were blind;

We sought and knew not what we sought。

We marvel; now we look behind:

Life's more amusing than we thought!



Oh; fooli

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