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Few persons know how to be old
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am
Those old credulities, to Nature dear,
Shall they no longer bloom upon the stock
Of history?
Shall they no longer bloom upon the stock
Of history?
Memorials of a Tour in Italy
But an old age serene and bright,
And lovely as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy grave.
And lovely as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy grave.
To a Young Lady. Dear Child of Nature
When you are old and gray and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book.
And nodding by the fire, take down this book.
The Rose, 1893. When You Are Old
Somewhere beyond the curtain
Of distorting days
Lives that lonely thing
That shone before these eyes
Targeted, trod like Spring.
Of distorting days
Lives that lonely thing
That shone before these eyes
Targeted, trod like Spring.
The Winding Stair and Other Poems, 1933. Quarrel in Old Age
The Land of Faery,
Where nobody gets old and godly and grave,
Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise
Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
Where nobody gets old and godly and grave,
Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise
Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
The Land of Heart's Desire, 1894
Grant me an old man's frenzy,
Myself must I remake
Till I am Timon and Lear
Or that William Blake
Who beat upon the wall
Till Truth obeyed his call.
Myself must I remake
Till I am Timon and Lear
Or that William Blake
Who beat upon the wall
Till Truth obeyed his call.
Last Poems, 1936-1939, An Acre of Grass
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