LET'S leave our sorrow for to-morrow! Come, laugh, life now is young, Let's save our tears for after years When youth's gay song is sung; We still are boys, let's take the joys And drink them deep and strong, With laughing eyes 'neath cloud-free skies, Youth's highway is not long. The heart of you, my comrade true, Though fast the years may slip, From my light heart shall never part In this good fellowship; For us no care, we'll take the dare To live like cavaliers, For what's the folly if we're jolly? The mirth of youth endears. Let's court good cheer and banish fear, Let's play the prince and king, And drink life's wine in shade and shine While with strong hearts we sing; For life is free and mad with glee, Then violins and lute! The music light we sing to-night Will soon enough be mute. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLACK SAMSON OF BRANDYWINE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LAMENT FOR THE MAKARIS [WHEN HE WAS SEIK] by WILLIAM DUNBAR STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, 1718 by JONATHAN SWIFT THE FIRST DANDELION by WALT WHITMAN FECUNDI CALICES by BACCHYLIDES SONNET: 8 by RICHARD BARNFIELD SANCTUARY by JOSIE CRAIG BERRY |