StoryTitle("caps", "Crabbed~Age and~Youth") ?>
From The Passionate Pilgrim (1599)
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Crabbéd Age and Youth", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Cannot live together:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Youth is full of pleasance,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Age is full of care;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Youth like summer morn,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Age like winter weather;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Youth like summer brave,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Age like winter bare.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Youth is full of sport,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Age's breath is short;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Youth is nimble, Age is lame;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Youth is hot and bold,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Age is weak and cold;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Youth is wild, and Age is tame.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Age, I do abhor thee;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Youth, I do adore thee;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "O, my Love, my Love is young!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Age, I do defy thee:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "O, sweet shepherd, hie thee!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For methinks thou stay'st too long.", "") ?>
Poet("William Shakespeare (?)", "1564-1616") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>