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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GROWING OLD, by LUCY HALL HENLEY
First Line: One by one the years have fled
Last Line: Our smiles and our tears.
Subject(s): Aging
First Line: One by one the years have fled
Last Line: Our smiles and our tears.
Subject(s): Aging
One by one the years have fled
With their joys and sorrows;
Loving memories for the past,
Hopes for the tomorrows.
Years roll on, we older grow,
Ripening like the grain,
Needing all life's discipline
Through pleasure and through pain.
May we grow lovely, growing old,
Grow mellow with the years.
We, like the flowers, need sun and showers --
Our smiles and our tears.
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