Youth and Age, st. 1.
“
Dance on, dance on, we see, we see
Youth goes, alack, and with it glee,
A boy the old man ne’er can be;
Maternal thirty scarce can find
The sweet sixteen long left behind.
— Arthur Hugh Clough
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Dance on, dance on, we see, we see
Youth goes, alack, and with it glee,
A boy the old man ne’er can be;
Maternal thirty scarce can find
The sweet sixteen long left behind." in the context of "Youth and Age, st. 1." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Hugh Clough (January 1, 1819 – November 13, 1861) was an English poet, and the brother of Anne Clough.
About Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Hugh Clough (January 1, 1819 – November 13, 1861) was an English poet, and the brother of Anne Clough.
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