X.
Crabbed age and youth
Youth is full of pleasance,
Youth like summer morn,
Youth like summer brave,
Youth is full of sport,
Youth is nimble,
Youth is hot and bold,
Youth is wild, and age is tame.
Youth, I do adore thee;
Age, I do defy thee;
O sweet shepherd, hie thee,
| Cannot live together: |
| Age is full of care; |
| Age like winter weather; |
| Age like winter bare. |
| Age’s breath is short; |
| Age is lame; |
| Age is weak and cold; |
| Age, I do abhor thee; |
| O, my love, my love is young! |
O sweet shepherd, hie thee,
| For methinks thou stay’st too long, |
