Living
Pertness Reproved
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
"I see in you not greatly more
Than I once saw in one before."
"Then I know why: it is that you
Are on the verge of eighty-two.
Go, get along; you may be wise,
But others have much better eyes."
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Pertness Reproved.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/818/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Pertness Reproved.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/818/.
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