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Thoughts in Old Age

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 26, 1865

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 27, No. 4.

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Thoughts in Old Age.

DAYS of my youth! ye have glided away; Hairs of my youth! ye are frosted and gray; Eyes of my youth! your keen sight is no more; Cheeks of my youth! ye are furrowed all o'er; Strength of my youth! all your vigor is gone; Thoughts of my youth! your gay visions are flown.
Days of my youth! I wish not your recall; Hairs of my youth! I'm content you should fall; Eyes of my youth! ye much evil have seen; Cheeks of my youth! bathed in tears have ye been; Thoughts of my youth! ye have led me astray; Strength of my youth! why lament your decay?
Days of my age! ye will shortly be past; Pains of my age! but a while can ye last; Joys of my age! in true wisdom delight; Eyes of my age! be religion your light; Thoughts of my age! dread not the cold sod; Hopes of my age! be fixed on your God.