<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357911" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Idle Son</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Young Benjamin left school this year<br>And stepped right in a job;<br>And he starts in hope of a life career,<br>Like his eldest brother, Bob.<br>But Sam, the lad who came between,<br>Born in the fateful year 'thirteen,<br>Still vainly seeks a place;<br>And the mark of his fate, too plainly seen,<br>Dawns in his listless face.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For Sam was born in a black year,<br>In the year of the world's black rage<br>To rob his youth of childish mirth;<br>And another curse was on the earth<br>In the year he came of age.<br>War and depression, this grim twain,<br>Have clouded life for a bright young brain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Life smiles for Benjamin and Bob,<br>Each lucky in his age;<br>But the count of years falls ill to rob<br>Same of his heritage:<br>Too old for a youth's apprenticeship,<br>Untrained, too young for a man's firm grip,<br>Tho' a man in stature grown,<br>He lives to see his chances slip,<br>Thro' no fault of his own.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For Sam was born in a black year,<br>In a black year came from school.<br>But we who know past years of ease<br>Hold stern responsibilities<br>Ere his youthful ardours cool.<br>Ours is the duty, ours the task<br>To yield what youth has right to ask.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357911" data-title="The Idle Son de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="Young Benjamin left school this year And stepped right in a job; And he starts in hope of a life career, Like his eldest brother, Bob. But Sam, the lad who came between, Born in the fateful year 'thirteen, Still vainly seeks a place; And the mark ..."></div> </div> </div>

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