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AGE by ANACREON

First Line: OFT AM I BY THE WOMEN TOLD
Last Line: AND MANAGE WISELY THE LAST STAKE.
Subject(s): AGING;

OFT am I by the Women told,
Poor Anacreon, thou grow'st old.
Look how thy Hairs are falling all;
Poor Anacreon, how they fall!
Whether I grow old or no,
By th' effects I do not know.
This I know without being told,
'Tis time to Live if I grow Old.
'Tis time short pleasures now to take,
Of little Life the best to make,
And manage wisely the last stake.



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