Time & Brevity
Age and Girlhood
From Ionica (1905)
Time & Brevity
A dry cicale chirps to a lass making hay,
"Why creak'st thou, Tithonus?" quoth she. "I don't play;
It doubles my toil, your importunate lay;
I've earned a sweet pillow, lo! Hesper is nigh;
I clasp a good wisp, and in fragrance I lie;
But thou art unwearied, and empty, and dry."
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MLA
Cory, William Johnson. “Age and Girlhood.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cory/78/.
Chicago
Cory, William Johnson. “Age and Girlhood.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cory/78/.
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