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YOUTH, DAY, OLD AGE AND NIGHT by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOUTH, LARGE, LUSTY, LOVING -- YOUTH FULL OF GRACE, FORCE, FASCINATION,
Last Line: AND RESTORING DARKNESS.
Subject(s): YOUTH;

Youth, large, lusty, loving -- youth full of grace, force,
fascination,
Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal
grace, force, fascination?

Day full-blown and splendid -- day of the immense sun,
action, ambition, laughter,
The Night follows close with millions of suns, and sleep
and restoring darkness.




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