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The old happiness is unreturning. Boy's griefs are not so grievous as youth's yearning. Boys have no sadness sadder than our hope.

Wilfred Owen
Hope, Grief, Sadness
Wilfred Owen (1965). “The Collected poems of Wilfred Owen”, p.93, New Directions Publishing
The old happiness is unreturning. Boy's griefs are not so grievous as youth's yearning. Boys have no sadness sadder than our hope.