One poem in this collection counts "lightfoot boys" and "rose-lipt girls" among the golden friends for whom the poet mourns, and another poem describe
One poem in this collection counts "lightfoot boys" and "rose-lipt girls" among the golden friends for whom the poet mourns, and another poem describes a flower which "has not long to stay / And dies on Easter day". Another poem details the narrator's wish to enlist in the army after his lover tells him to "go where you are wanted, for you are not wanted here". In addition to The Lent Lily and The New Mistress, this collection includes a poem which states "And while the sun and moon endure / Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure" and instructs its addressee to "Look into the pewter pot / To see the world as the world's not". Another poem in this collection comments that "early though the laurel grows / It withers quicker than the rose" and begins "The time you won your town the race / We chaired you through the market-place". FTP, name this poetry collection including Terence, This is Stupid Stuff and To an Athlete Dying Young, a work of A. E. Housman.
One poem in this collection counts "lightfoot boys" and "rose-lipt girls" among the golden friends for whom the poet mourns, and another poem describes a flower which "has not long to stay /
A {Shropshire Lad}