Lyric Poem · Life
Beautiful Women
by Walt Whitman
WOMEN sit, or move to and fro—some old, some young;
The young are beautiful—but the old are more beautiful than the young.
This poem is in the public domain.
“Beautiful Women” by Walt Whitman — quilloak.com/poems/beautiful-women
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