WHEN YOU ARE OLD

When you are old

And soon will be cold,

Think of things of the past

You thought would for ever last.

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When you are old

And live your years of gold,

Your years of youth gone by,

Resign to what ills in store for you lie.

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When you are old

And can allow yourself to be bold,

Refrain and don’t speak your mind

And be remenbered as always kind.

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When you are old

And have dark secrets untold,

Take them with you to the grave.

Let your beloved ones belief in your grace.

W.B. Yeats, GKC 2023