Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night
Eva Ruth Spalding
Youth, large, lusty, loving --
Youth full of grace, force, fascination!
Do you know that Old Age may come after you,
with equal grace, force, fascination?
Day, full-blown and splendid --
Day of the immense sun, action, ambition, laughter.
The Night follows close, with millions of suns,
and sleep, and restoring darkness.