| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| O Youth Whose Hope Is High |
| | | Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930) |
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| O YOUTH whose hope is high, | |
| Who doth to truth aspire, | |
| Whether thou live or die, | |
| O look not back nor tire. | |
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| Thou that art bold to fly | 5 |
| Through tempest, flood and fire, | |
| Nor dost not shrink to try | |
| Thy heart in torments dire,— | |
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| If thou canst Death defy, | |
| If thy Faith is entire, | 10 |
| Press onward, for thine eye | |
| Shall see thy heart’s desire. | |
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| Beauty and love are nigh, | |
| And with their deathless quire | |
| Soon shall thine eager cry | 15 |
| Be number’d and expire. | |
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