The Flight of Youth
There are gains for all our losses.
There are balms for all our pain;
But when youth,the dream,departs
It takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again.
We are stronger, and are better,
Under manhood’s sterner reign;
Still we feel that something sweet
Following youth, with flying feet,
And will never come again.
Something beautiful is vanished,
And we sigh for it in vain;
We behold it everywhere,
On the earth, and in the air,
But it never comes again!
Richard Henry Stoddard
青春的飞逝
理查德·亨利·斯托达德
我们所失去的一切,都会得到补偿
我们所经受的痛苦,都会得到慰藉
然而当有梦的青春一旦消逝
它带给我们某种心灵的美好
将永远不会再回头
我们日趋强壮,越来越好
成年后,在严酷的现实压力下
我们仍能感受生活的某种美好
追随着青春,伴着飞翔的脚步
然而,它永远不会再回头
某些美丽已经逝去
我们徒劳地为它而叹息
我们四处找寻
在地上,在天空
然而它永远不会再回头
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