The Poetry of Youth

Today we perhaps all agree that youth is spoilt, ill-disciplined and in search of constant, and instant, gratification. No matter how much we love them our children, as they mature from child to youth, are indulged. A century ago, and even further back, even the most privileged of youth was rarely indulged. In this volume we look at those years of youth through the eyes and pens of classic poets. They reveal times of hardship, of fear, of love and loss. But youth is idealistic, ready to change t