Youth, Day, Old Age and Night
1819-1892
Youth, large, lusty, loving--youth full of grace, force, fascination,
Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace,
force, fascination?
Day full-blown and splendid-day of the immense sun, action,
ambition, laughter,
The Night follows close with millions of suns, and sleep and
restoring darkness.
DayPoems Poem No. 1967
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1967.html">Youth, Day, Old Age and Night by Walt Whitman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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