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THE APPEAL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

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First Line: REMAIN, AH NOT IN YOUTH ALONE
Last Line: NOR GO WHEN DUST IS GONE TO DUST.
REMAIN, ah not in youth alone!
-- Tho' youth, where you are, long will stay --
But when my summer days are gone,
And my autumnal haste away.
'Can I be always by your side?'
No; but the hours you can, you must,
Nor rise at Death's approaching stride,
Nor go when dust is gone to dust.



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