Youth and Age by Kahlil Gibran - Poems | Academy of American Poets

Youth and Age - In my youth the heart of dawn was in my heart, and the songs of April were in my ears.

Youth and Age Add to anthology × Load audio player Kahlil Gibran 1883 - 1931 In my youth the heart of dawn was in my heart, and the songs of April were in my ears. But my soul was sad unto death, and I knew not why. Even unto this day I know not why I was sad. But now, though I am with eventide, my heart is still veiling dawn, And though I am with autumn, my ears still echo the songs of spring. But my sadness has turned into awe, and I stand in the presence of life and life’s daily miracles. The difference between my youth which was my spring, and these forty years, and they are my autum

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