William Cowper Quotes on Age
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Candid, and generous, and just, Boys care but little whom they trust, An error soon corrected- For who but learns in riper years That man, when smoothest he appears Is most to be suspected?
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And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary!
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His head, Not yet by time completely silvered o'er, Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth, But strong for service still, and unimpaired.