Let not young souls be smothered out before
They do quaint deeds and fully flaunt their pride.
It is the world's one crime its babes grow dull,
Its poor are ox-like, limp and leaden-eyed.
Not that they starve; but starve so dreamlessly,
Not that they sow, but that they seldom reap,
Not that they serve, but have no gods to serve,
Not that they die, but that they die like sheep.
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stray comments:
With our world becoming so deadened and filled with woe,
our eyes are merely being filled with fear and not wonder.
We gaze at our world without the wonder of a child but a spooled child.
When we lose our dreams, we become souless livestock and barn animals.
(emily coulthard)
having been an educator and a parent, i have always been one to let
the spirit roam, for that is where civilization advances. we must allow free
thinking and expression in the young as that is where the foundation for invention
comes about. it is sad that so many young people are contained in the world of TV,
video games etc., that they fail to grow in their own thoughts. when i was young,
a long long time ago, there was no TV and of course, no computers. the youngsters
made up their own games with their own rules. they expanded on the rules as
necessary. we had little ditties we used to humm and sing. i do not hear most
children doing that sort of thing. i hope i am wrong, but the present world is
leading most (not all) into the dullness described by this poem.
(frank simari)
This has been one of my favorite poems for a long time.....
conjures up so well, the followers, the rear guard, the left behinds
and so forth and those who plod along because it has always been that way.
(Ilene Southworth)
lyrics
let not young souls be smothered
they fully flaunt their pride
but when their eyes grown dull
this is the world's one crime
not that they fall asleep
they dream of sleep at night
not that they end up dead
but that like sheep they die
when will we find that lonely dark house
on the road out by the sea?
vacation spring away
vacation don't delay
vacation i recall
vacations here before
and they will count their money
and they will count the years
they couldn't count the laughs
they couldn't count the tears
we're all one captive
into a field of time
we cannot sieze the day
to not, to be, a crime...
when will we find that lonely dark house
on the road out by the sea?
vacation spring away
vacation don't delay
vacation i recall
vacations here before
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