Bitter and sweet, alluring and tormenting:
Such, till it be fulfilled, Kyrnos, is love to the young;
For if one finds fulfillment, it proves sweet; but if, pursuing,
One fails of fulfillment, then of all things it is most painful.
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Poem topics: young, bitter, love, I love you, sweet, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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