Ah, youthful idealism!

"To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Houseman.

https://poets.org/poem/athlete-dying-young

"Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center Celebrates Life With 'Bill: An All-American Boy' Exhibition | Kent Campus, Kent State Today, May 4 Visitors Center, May 4, 50th Commemoration"

https://www.kent.edu/kent/news/kent-state-may-4-visitors-center-celebrates-life-bill-all-american-boy-exhibition

"Out of Africa (To an Athlete Dying Young)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-yRhm6zfnbY&si=WU9d_h2SJ9B44Tyq

"Meryl Streep's Powerful Poem (Full Scene) | Out of Africa"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yGMpKh96AF4&si=AUHBQyA5LA3PhBIa