In 1969, Dolly Parton released a song called "Little Bird." It contains these lines.
Beauty is a rare perfume
Precious, yet doesn't last long
Youth is but a playful breeze
That blows our way once then moves on
Precious, yet doesn't last long
Youth is but a playful breeze
That blows our way once then moves on
It's a song about longing, and making peace with the fact of our own mortality. People such as Dolly Parton are heroic: they carry such wisdom at a young age, and then live a life which blossoms in spite of - or rather, because of - such wisdom.