Time & Brevity
Juventa Perennis
From Lyrical
Time & Brevity
If youth be thine,
Spare not to drink its wine;
If youth be fled,
Hold up
The golden cup —
God's grapes are always red.
Cite this poem
MLA
Brown, Thomas Edward. “Juventa Perennis.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brown_te/81/.
Chicago
Brown, Thomas Edward. “Juventa Perennis.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brown_te/81/.
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