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One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common--discontent.

One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common--discontent.

Matthew Arnold
Age, Common, Youth
'Youth's Agitations' (1852)

Years hence, perhaps, may dawn an age, More fortunate, alas! than we, Which without hardness will be sage, And gay without frivolity.

Matthew Arnold
Gay, Years, Age
Matthew Arnold (1954). “A selection of his poems”

What is it to grow old? Is it to lose the glory of the form, The lustre of the eye? Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath? Yes; but not this alone.

Matthew Arnold
Eye, Age, Wreaths
Matthew Arnold (1867). “New Poems”, p.143

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