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Age, by long experience well informed, Well read, well tempered, with religion warmed, That fire abated which impels rash youth, Proud of his speed, to overshoot the truth, As time improves the grape’s authentic juice, Mellows and makes the speech more fit for use, And claims a reverence, in his shortening day, That ’tis an honour and a joy to pay.
Age, by long experience well informed, Well read, well tempered, with religion warmed, That fire abated which impels rash youth, Proud of his speed, to overshoot the truth, As time improves the grape’s authentic juice, Mellows and makes the speech more fit for use, And claims a reverence, in his shortening day, That ’tis an honour and a joy to pay.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- William Cowper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 23 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: AGE
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