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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Youth and Age

Elizabeth Hart Pennell

YOUTH has music on his lips

And in his hurrying feet,

Rhythm in his finger-tips

And in his laughter sweet.

Age has silence on his tongue—

Never a note or sound;

But his heart is often wrung

By music all around.

Youth has tongue, but lacks an ear—

He whistles, pipes and sings.

Age is still, but he can hear

Silence and growing things.