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WHAT FIFTY SAID by ROBERT FROST

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First Line: WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY TEACHERS WERE THE OLD
Last Line: I got to school to youth to learn the future
Subject(s): AGING; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;
When I was young my teachers were the old.
I gave up fire for form till I was cold.
I suffered like a metal being cast.
I went to school to age to learn the past.

Now when I am old my teachers are the young.
What can't be molded must be cracked and sprung.
I strain at lessons fit to start a suture.
I got to school to youth to learn the future.



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