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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SENEX TO MATT. PRIOR, by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah! Matt: old age has brought to me
Last Line: I knew that once: but now--I think it.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stephen, J. K.
Subject(s): Old Age; Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
First Line: Ah! Matt: old age has brought to me
Last Line: I knew that once: but now--I think it.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stephen, J. K.
Subject(s): Old Age; Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
AH! Matt: old age has brought to me
Thy wisdom, less thy certainty:
The world's a jest, and joy's a trinket:
I knew that once: but now--I think it.
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