Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OF YEARS, by WHILHELMINA T. ROBERTS


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OF YEARS, by                    
First Line: It does not matter who you are
Last Line: But their strength.
Subject(s): Old Age; Time; Youth


It does not matter who you are.
As soft leaves are bruised, so are you.
If threescore years and ten
Were youth for you --
In greater age seek not
Respect for your years.
Their number, though great, is naught,
If they have not also been counted
As a drop of wine-swift blood
In a blinded soul --
As a moment of startled glory
In eternity.
It does not matter about
Years -- and their length,
But their strength.





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