Road of Life, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, youth, happy youth! What a blessing! In they freshness of dawn and of dew." "In youth, we've our troubles before us; In age, we leave pleasure behind." "But there stands an inn we must stop at, An extinguisher swings for the sign"
AUTHOR: Samuel Lover
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (LoversIrishSongs)
KEYWORDS: age death warning youth
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
LoversIrishSongs, pp. 69-70, "The Road of Life" (1 text)
Roud #46037
File: LoIS069

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