Living
Age.
Living
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.
Cite this poem
MLA
Cowley, Abraham. “Age.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowley/25/.
Chicago
Cowley, Abraham. “Age.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowley/25/.
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