Love
Sweet Was the Song That Youth Sang Once
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
Sweet was the song that Youth sang once,
And passing sweet was the response;
But there are accents sweeter far
When Love leaps down our evening star,
Holds back the blighting wings of Time,
Melts with his breath the crusty rime,
And looks into our eyes, and says,
" Come, let us talk of former days."
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Sweet Was the Song That Youth Sang Once.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/458/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Sweet Was the Song That Youth Sang Once.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/458/.
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