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YOUTH by BAYARD TAYLOR

First Line: CHILD WITH THE BUTTERFLY
Last Line: ON MEADOWS OF SPRING.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; SPRING; YOUTH; CHILDHOOD;
CHILD with the butterfly,
Boy with the ball,
Youth with the maiden --
Still I am all.

Wisdom of manhood
Keeps the old joy;
Conquered illusions
Leave me a boy.

Falsehood and ba eness
Teach me but this:
Earth still is beautiful,
Being is bliss.

Locks to my temples
Hoary may cling;
'T is but as daisies
On meadows of spring.



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