Charles Sangster

16 July 1822 – 9 December 1893 / Ontario

Young Again

Young again! Young again!
Beating heart! I deemed that sorrow,
With its torture-rack of pain,
Had eclipsed each bright to-morrow;
And that Love could never rise
Into life's cerulean skies,
Singing the divine refrain-
'Young again! Young again!'

Young again! Young again!
Passion dies as we grow older;
Love that in repose has lain,
Takes a higher flight, and bolder:
Fresh from rest and dewy sleep,
Like the skylark's matin sweep,
Singing the divine refrain-
'Young again! Young again!'

Young again! Young again!
Book of Youth, thy sunny pages
Here and there a tear may stain,
But 'tis Love that makes us sages.
Love, Hope, Youth-blest trinity!
Wanting these, and what were we?
Who would chant the sweet refrain-
'Young again! Young again!'
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