Thursday, January 1, 2004

Old Age Comments

Rating: 2.7

OLD age is courteous--no one more:
For time after time he knocks at the door,
But nobody says, "Walk in, sir, pray!"
Yet turns he not from the door away,
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Ratnakar Mandlik 13 March 2016

Ageing is an inescapable phenomenon for every one and the resultant old age. The advent of old age in one's life, though one is not willing to welcome it, has been superbly narrated in this meaningful and thought provoking short poem.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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