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Days of my youth! ye have glided away; Hairs of my youth! ye are frosted and gray; Eyes of my youth! your keen sight is no more; Cheeks of my youth! ye are furrow’d all o’er; Strength of my youth! all your vigour is gone; Thoughts of my youth! your gay visions are flown. Days of my youth! I wish not your recall; Hairs of my youth! I’m content you should fall; Eyes of my youth! ye much evil have seen; Cheeks of my youth! bathed in tears have you been; Thoughts of my youth! ye have led me astray! Strength of my youth! why lament your decay? Days of my age! ye will shortly be past; Pains of my age! but awhile can ye last; Joys of my age! in true wisdom delight; Eyes of my age! be religion your light; Thoughts of my age! dread not the cold sod; Hopes of my age! be ye fixed on your God!
Days of my youth! ye have glided away; Hairs of my youth! ye are frosted and gray; Eyes of my youth! your keen sight is no more; Cheeks of my youth! ye are furrow’d all o’er; Strength of my youth! all your vigour is gone; Thoughts of my youth! your gay visions are flown. Days of my youth! I wish not your recall; Hairs of my youth! I’m content you should fall; Eyes of my youth! ye much evil have seen; Cheeks of my youth! bathed in tears have you been; Thoughts of my youth! ye have led me astray! Strength of my youth! why lament your decay? Days of my age! ye will shortly be past; Pains of my age! but awhile can ye last; Joys of my age! in true wisdom delight; Eyes of my age! be religion your light; Thoughts of my age! dread not the cold sod; Hopes of my age! be ye fixed on your God!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- C. Tucker (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 702 · printed citation: C. Tucker · subject: YOUTH
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