Time & Brevity
An Old Thought
From An American Anthology (1900)
Time & Brevity
Framed in the cavernous fire-place sits a boy,
Watching the embers from his grandsire's knee:
One sees red castles rise, and laughs with joy;
The other marks them crumble, silently.
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Luders, Charles Henry. “An Old Thought.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/luders/3/.
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Luders, Charles Henry. “An Old Thought.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/luders/3/.
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