O YOUTH sweet comrade youth, would st thou be gone? Long have we dwelt together, thou and I; Together drunk of many an alien dawn, And plucked the fruit of many an alien sky.

Ah, fickle friend, must I, who yesterday Dreamed forwards to long, undimmed ecstasy, Henceforward dream, because thou wilt not stay, Backward to transient pleasure and to thee?

I give thee back thy false, ephemeral vow; But, O beloved comrade, ere we pail, Upon my mournful eyelids and my brow Kiss me who hold thine image in my heart.

O YOUTH sweet comrade youth, would st thou be gone? Long have we dwelt together, thou and I; Together drunk of many an alien dawn, And plucked the fruit of many an alien sky.

Ah, fickle friend, must I, who yesterday Dreamed forwards to long, undimmed ecstasy, Henceforward dream, because thou wilt not stay, Backward to transient pleasure and to thee?

I give thee back thy false, ephemeral vow; But, O beloved comrade, ere we pail, Upon my mournful eyelids and my brow Kiss me who hold thine image in my heart.

Identify the sentences that convey the poet’s ideas as expressed in the poem.

A. The poet has spent good times in his youth.

B. Youth comes back again in life.

C. The poet returns false promises of youth.

D. The poet is happy in old age.

E. The poet wants to keep the memories of youth.

O YOUTH sweet comrade youth, would st thou be gone? Long have we dwelt together, thou and I; Together drunk of many an alien dawn, And plucked the fruit of many an alien sky.

Ah, fickle friend, must I, who yesterday Dreamed forwards to long, undimmed ecstasy, Henceforward dream, because thou wilt not stay, Backward to transient pleasure and to thee?

I give thee back thy false, ephemeral vow; But, O beloved comrade, ere we pail, Upon my mournful eyelids and my brow Kiss me who hold thine image in my heart.