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When a Man is Old
For Presidents and Others:
A Meditation on Aging Gracefully
Now
when a man is young, he gives his strength
In
service to his nation and the Faith
In
war and peace, and at his family hearth
In
work, and in his humble place at Mass
But
when a man his old, he then should choose
To
‘change his work for a good walking stick
And
sit outside the Blue Boar Inn with pipe
And
glass and friends and happy memories
There
is honor in manly endeavors
And
honor in finally letting them go
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