Living
Climacteric
Living
I am not wiser for my age,
Nor skilful by my grief;
Life loiters at the book's first page,--
Ah! could we turn the leaf.
Cite this poem
MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Climacteric.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/133/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Climacteric.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/133/.
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