The Flight of Youth by Richard Henry Stoddard
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!
我們失去的`一切都能得到補償，
我們所有的痛苦都能得到安慰；
可是夢境似的青春一旦消逝，
它帶走了我們心中的某種美好，
從此一去不復返。
我們變得日益剛強、更臻完美，
在嚴峻的成年生活驅使下；
可是依然感到甜美的情感，
已隨着青春飛逝，
不再返回。
美好已經消逝，
我們枉自爲此嘆息；
儘管在天地之間，
我們處處能見青春的魅力，
可是它不再返回！
