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AN OLD, OLD MAN by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES

First Line: HERE BY THE BORDERLAND
Last Line: AND HEAVY THOUGHTS THAT TIRE.
Subject(s): OLD AGE; SOLITUDE; WALES; LONELINESS; WELSHMEN; WELSHWOMEN;

I

HERE by the borderland,
Here where his journey ends,
Who shall be with him now,
Whom can he call his friends?

II

Lone, on a lonely road,
Last in a weary race,
Nothing remains to him—
Not even his love's face.

III

He is forlorn, forlorn,
By the low, dying fire—
With memories that daze
And heavy thoughts that tire.



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