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YOUTH by FRANCES CROFTS DARWIN CORNFORD

Poet Analysis

First Line: A YOUNG APOLLO, GOLDEN-HAIRED
Last Line: FOR THE LONG LITTLENESS OF LIFE.
Subject(s): BROOKE, RUPERT (1887-1915); POETRY & POETS; SOLDIERS' WRITINGS; YOUTH;
A YOUNG Apollo, golden-haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
For the long littleness of life.



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