When I was young,
so very young,
and I had all the world and time
for every venture,
for every fancy’s flight,
still
I never had enough.
Now,
I cram an hour in an instant,
And luxury is easily found.
karoline strickland
When I was young,
so very young,
and I had all the world and time
for every venture,
for every fancy’s flight,
still
I never had enough.
Now,
I cram an hour in an instant,
And luxury is easily found.

I have made friends
with every hour on the dial of the clock,
pressed it, late and early, light and dark,
into my baby’s service;
and knowing all the times, all their individual shades,
am afraid of none of them.