Nothing Gold Can Stay (poem)

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a famous poem by renowned American poet, Robert Frost. The poem has been greatly popularised by its extensive use in the novel and movie The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton.

Lyrics

Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.Bold textItalic text

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

References in popular culture

The title of the poem was used by the band New Found Glory as the title of their debut full length album, Nothing Gold Can Stay.

The poem was read by the character Ponyboy Curtis in the movie, "The Outsiders" (1983). The poem is mentioned several times in the book The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. Hinton also helped work on the movie of the same name, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.