Autobiography in Verse: Dedicated to My Children (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Autobiography in Verse: Dedicated to My Children

Old age at length has come, but firm and hale,
Although my seventy years have long bee passed,
As yet the senses do not seem to fail,
And may, perhaps, for future service last.

Time has impressed no furrows on my brow,
Dark hair still lingers midst the locks of gray,
The upright form has not begun to bow,
Nor do my steps the want of strength betray.

The eye can yet the midnight page explore,
Music its pleasure to the ear can bring,
The hand can paint from Nature, as of yore,
And strike in harmony the tuneful string.

The powers of speech, articulate and clear,
With voice of youthful vigor yet remain;
Nor do the mental faculties appear
To lose their mastery o'er the subject brain.

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