Before College: The Space Between Comments

I like this passage very much: BETWEEN LIFE'S CROWN AND DEATH'S THORN, MAN BURIES FREEDOM'S HABITS. Although at my age now I would not want life and death to be such polar opposites, but that's what makes these early poems - when you're young you see things as spaciously placed over a vast field of endeavor. And there's nothing scary about the distances. I found an early poem, one of my few relics of the past, and the story of a vast journey taken by an Orpheus figure. I can't make sense of my ending,

i especially enjoy the first stanza. how early was this written? thanks for sharing. :) bri