Time & Brevity
Youth and Age
From Poems (1882)
Time & Brevity
To give the blossom and the fruit
The soft warm air that wraps them round,
Oh! think how long the toilsome root
Must live and labour 'neath the ground.
To send the river on its way,
With ever deepening strength and force,
Oh! think how long 'twas let to play,
A happy streamlet, near its source.
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MLA
MacCarthy, Denis Florence. “Youth and Age.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mccarthy_df/63/.
Chicago
MacCarthy, Denis Florence. “Youth and Age.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mccarthy_df/63/.
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