Time & Brevity
I, Near the Back of Life's Dim Stage
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Time & Brevity
I, near the back of Life's dim stage
Feel thro' the slips the drafts of age.
Fifty good years are gone: with youth
The wind is always in the south.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “I, Near the Back of Life's Dim Stage.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/581/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “I, Near the Back of Life's Dim Stage.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/581/.
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