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Either by Sukasah Syahdan
if you are young and bright
at one and twenty, go to a:

if you are old and gray
at one and sixty, see b:

a)
scorn these lines,
forget the book
put it lofty
things that matter
are now and here:
pleasure and glory
indulge with time
wallow with energy

b)
take down this book
leaf through to see
pictures of permanent children--
they're you
wisdom doesn't come with age--
oh, how true
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