The Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics/Book 1/Poem 6
For other versions of this work, see Crabbed Age and Youth (Shakespeare).
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A MADRIGAL
Crabbed Age and Youth Cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, Age like winter weather, Youth like summer brave, Age like winter bare: Youth is full of sport, Age’s breath is short, Youth is nimble, Age is lame: Youth is hot and bold, Age is weak and cold, Youth is wild, and Age is tame:— Age, I do abhor thee, Youth, I do adore thee; O! my Love, my Love is young! Age, I do defy thee— O sweet shepherd, hie thee. For methinks thou stay’st too long. W. Shakespeare