Come then, as ever, like the wind at morning! Joyous, O Youth, in the agèd world renew Freshness to feel the eternities around it, Rain, stars and clouds, light and the sacred dew. The strong sun shines above thee: That strength, that radiance bring! If Winter come to Winter, When shall men hope for Spring?
Two Songs of Youth
Song Cycle by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
1. Invocation to Youth  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943), "Invocation to Youth"
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Confirmed with Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900, 1919, Oxford University Press.
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
2. I never thought that youth would go  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
I never thought that youth would go Who was so blithe and fain, Or if he strayed I thought a song Would call him back again. But knowledge came one April day And woke me with a start — When I walked alone in a wooded lane With perfect peace of heart.
Authorship:
- by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard (1869 - 1948), "Youth"
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