My Youth

W. H. Davies

1871 to 1940

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My youth was my old age,
Weary and long;
had too many cares
To think of song;
My days all came
When I was young.

Now, in life's prime, my soul
Comes out in flower;
Late, as Robin, comes
My singing power;
I was not born joy
Till this late hour.