Youth
A YOUNG Apollo, golden-haired, Stands dreaming on the verge of strife, Magnificently unprepared For the long littleness of life.
Frances Cornford
A YOUNG Apollo, golden-haired, Stands dreaming on the verge of strife, Magnificently unprepared For the long littleness of life.
Frances Cornford’s “Youth” pictures a beautiful young man, like a golden-haired Apollo, standing at the edge of conflict or adult struggle. He is “dreaming,” not yet awake to what lies ahead.
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