Judge, 1920-09-18 · page 4 of 32
Judge — September 18, 1920 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# "Ballade of the Youth that Lasts" by Richard Le Gallienne This page features a poem with an illustration by Albert Herkerr. The artwork depicts two young people in fashionable dress standing beside a cow, with silhouetted figures in the background. The poem is a satirical commentary on youth and aging. It addresses vanity and the fleeting nature of youthful beauty and achievement—themes common to Judge magazine's social commentary. The refrain "At forty youth is just begun" appears ironic, suggesting either that people foolishly cling to youthful pretenses into middle age, or sardonically commenting on society's obsession with youth. The illustration's inclusion of a cow is unclear but may represent rural simplicity or rusticity contrasted with the fashionably-dressed figures, though the exact satirical point requires additional context.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Ballade of the Youth that Lasts By Ricuaro Le Gatutesxe OUTH goes. we say, because, forsooth, Our thirticth year is long gone by; There is no calendar for youth, Be young with me, and so will I— Tis but an antiquated lie That counts life over with and done, Ere scarce its morning dews are dry; At forty youth is just begun. O hot of heart and sweet oth, Blindly afoot, he knows not why, His aimless aim the lad pursueth, And leaves his fair plucked flowers to dies The man, with no less rapt an eye Wins, but wastes not the thing he won, Reaps where he sows—but babes deny At forty youth is just begun The bitter and the lovely truth The joys that last, the joys that fly The wise and foolish things he doeth, The years have taught him to descry; Yet still his cup is lifted high With brimming splendours over-run. Death and the Devil to defy — At forty youth is just begun ! ther Is ours, and all the summer sky At forty youth is just begun Drown by Avueat Hexcee