Olton Pools (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Olton PoolsSometimes youth comes to age and asks a blessing, Or counsel, or a tale of Old estate, Yet youth will still be curiously guessing The Old man's thought when death is at his gate For all their courteous words they are not one, This youth and age, but civil strangers still, Age with the best of all his seasons done, Youth with his face towards the upland hill. Age looks for rest while youth runs far and wide, Age talks with death, which is youth's very fear, Age knows so many comrades who have died, Youth burns that one companion is so dear. So, with good will, and in one house, may dwell These two, and talk, and all be yet to tell.But there are men who, in the time of age, Sometimes remember all that age forgets: The early hope, the hardly compassed wage, The Change Of corn, and snow, and violets They are glad of praise they know this morning brings As true a song as any yesterday Their labour still is set to many things, They cry their questions out along the way. They give as who may gladly take again Some gift at need, they move with gallant ease Among all eager companies of men And never signed of age are such as these. They speak with youth, and never speak amiss Of such are you and what is youth but this 3'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.