Prose from the Pros #11: Y is for Young


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Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
By Rida Johnson Young

AH! sweet mystery of life, at last I've found thee;
Ah! I know at last the secret of it all;
All the longing, striving, seeking, waiting, yearning,
The burning hopes, the joys and idle tears that fall!

For 'tis love, and love alone, the world is seeking;
And it's love, and love alone, that can reply;
'Tis the answer, ti's the end and all of living,
For it is love alone that rules for aye!

Comments

Bob Scotney said…
What an appropriate post.
April 29, 2011 at 7:42 AM
Author Joshua Hoyt said…
I like this and it says so much in so few words.
April 29, 2011 at 12:15 PM
A Girl and Her eBooks said…
I love this. I'm a hopeless romantic so this definitely speaks to me :)
April 29, 2011 at 7:32 PM
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