William Wordsworth Quotes on Aging
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Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now.
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But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall lead thee to thy grave.
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And beauty, for confiding youth, Those shocks of passion can prepare That kill the bloom before its time; And blanch, without the owner's crime, The most resplendent hair.
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My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. Thus fares it still in our decay: And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.