Time & Brevity
Age
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Time & BrevityThe Mind
AGE
Death, tho' I see him not, is near
And grudges me my eightieth year.
Now, I would give him all these last
For one that fifty have run past.
Ah! he strikes all things, all alike,
But bargains: those he will not strike.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Age.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/21/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Age.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/21/.
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