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SENEX TO MATT. PRIOR by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN

First Line: AH! MATT: OLD AGE HAS BROUGHT TO ME
Last Line: I KNEW THAT ONCE: BUT NOW--I THINK IT.
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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