Youth's for an hour, Beauty's a flower, But love is the jewel that wins the world. Youth's for an hour, an' the taste o' life is sweet, Ailes was a girl that stepped on two bare feet; In all my days I never seen the one as fair as she, I'd have lost my life for Ailes, an' she never cared for me. Beauty's a flower, an' the days o' life are long, There's little knowin' who may live to sing another song; For Ailes was the fairest, but another is my wife, An' Mary -- God be good to her! -- is all I love in life. Youth's for an hour, Beauty's a flower, But love is the jewel that wins the world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FRIENDSHIP [OR, THE TRUE FRIEND] by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 68 by PHILIP SIDNEY ANNIVERSARIUM BAPTISMI (2) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT UNCHANGING by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT TO JOSEPH JOACHIM by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES OUR OLD CENTER-TOWN VERMONT MEETINGHOUSE by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY BLANK MISGIVINGS OF A CREATURE MOVING ABOUT IN WORLDS NOT REALIZED: 3 by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH RESOLUTION OF A POETICAL QUESTION CONCERNING FOUR RURAL SISTERS: 1 by CHARLES COTTON |