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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD AGE, by CAROLINE CLIVE
First Line: Thou hast been wrong'd, I think old age
Last Line: Then turn to grey and are at rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): V; Meysey-wigley, Caroline
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: Thou hast been wrong'd, I think old age
Last Line: Then turn to grey and are at rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): V; Meysey-wigley, Caroline
Subject(s): Old Age
THOU hast been wrong'd, I think old age;
Thy sovereign reign comes not in wrath,
Thou call'st us home from pilgrimage,
Spreadest the seat and clear'st the hearth.
The hopes and fears that shook our youth,
By thee are turn'd to certainty;
I see my boy become a man,
I hold my girl's girl on my knee.
Whate'er of good has been, dost thou
In the departed past make sure;
Whate'er has changed from weal to woe,
Thy comrade Death stands nigh to cure.
And once or twice in age there shines
Brief gladness, as when winter weaves
In frosty days o'er naked trees,
A sudden splendor of white leaves.
The past revives, and thoughts return,
Which kindled once the youthful breast;
They light us, though no more they burn,
Then turn to grey and are at rest.
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