1508. In Youth by Evaleen Stein. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1508. In Youth

By Evaleen Stein


NOT lips of mine have ever said:
“Would God that I were dead!”
Nay, cruel griefs! ye cannot break
My love of life; nor can ye make
Oblivion blest in any wise,	5
Nor death seem sweet for sorrow’s sake.
Life! life! my every pulse outcries
For life, and love, and quickened breath,
O God,—not not for death!