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LIFE, FR. THE ABBOT by WALTER SCOTT

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOUTH! THOU WEAR'ST TO MANHOOD NOW
Last Line: BUT AS SENSELESS, FALSE AND HOLLOW.
Subject(s): GROWTH; LIFE;
Youth! thou wear'st to manhood now
Darker lip and darker brow,
Statelier step, and more pensive mien,
In thy face and gait are seen:
Thou must now brook midnight watches,
Take thy food and sport by snatches!
For the gambol and the jest,
Thou wert wont to love the best,
Graver follies must thou follow,
But as senseless, false and hollow.


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