| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920. |
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| Moira O'Neill. |
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| 82. Beauty's a Flower |
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| YOUTH'S for an hour, | |
| Beauty's a flower, | |
| But love is the jewel that wins the world. | |
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| Youth's for an hour, an' the taste o' life is sweet, | |
| Ailes was a girl that stepped on two bare feet; | 5 |
| In all my days I never seen the one as fair as she, | |
| I'd have lost my life for Ailes, an' she never cared for me. | |
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| Beauty's a flower, an' the days o' life are long, | |
| There's little knowin' who may live to sing another song; | |
| For Ailes was the fairest, but another is my wife, | 10 |
| An' Mary—God be good to her!—is all I love in life. | |
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| Youth's for an hour, | |
| Beauty's a flower, | |
| But love is the jewel that wins the world. | |
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