The Flight of Youth

There are gains for all our losses.

There are balms for all our pain;

But when youth,the dream,departs

It takes something from our hearts,

And it never comes again.

We are stronger, and are better,

Under manhood’s sterner reign;

Still we feel that something sweet

Following youth, with flying feet,

And will never come again.

Something beautiful is vanished,

And we sigh for it in vain;

We behold it everywhere,

On the earth, and in the air,

But it never comes again!
-------Richard Henry Stoddard

我们失去的一切都能得到补偿，

我们所有的痛苦都能得到安慰；

可是梦境似的青春一旦消逝，

它带走了我们心中的某种美好，

从此一去不复返。

我们变得日益刚强、更臻完美，

在严峻的成年生活驱使下；

可是依然感到甜美的情感，

已随着青春飞逝，

不再返回。

美好已经消逝，

我们枉自为此叹息；

尽管在天地之间，

我们处处能见青春的魅力，

可是它不再返回
---------理查德.亨利.斯托达德