Youth
I am not sure if I knew the truth What his case or crime might be, I only know that he pleaded Youth, A beautiful, golden plea! Youth, with its sunlit, passionate eyes, Its roseate velvet skin - A plea to cancel a thousand lies, Or a thousand nights of sin. The men who judged him were old and grey Their eyes and their senses dim, He brought the light of a warm Spring day To the Court-house bare and grim. Could he plead guilty in a lovelier way? His judges acquitted him.
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"I am not sure if I knew the truth..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Cory Nicolson) delivers a powerful performance in "Youth"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...