Living
Sweet Is Childhood
From Victorian Songs (1895)
Living
Sweet is childhood--childhood 's over,
Kiss and part.
Sweet is youth; but youth 's a rover--
So 's my heart.
Sweet is rest; but by all showing
Toil is nigh.
We must go. Alas! the going,
Say "good-bye."
Cite this poem
MLA
Ingelow, Jean. “Sweet Is Childhood.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/204/.
Chicago
Ingelow, Jean. “Sweet Is Childhood.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/204/.
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