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
