Oh, for one hour of blind old Dandolo,
Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe!

Oh, for one hour of blind old Dandolo,
Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe!

What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
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What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
To view each love one blotted from life's page,
And be alone on earth as I am now.

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces read more

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.

The Hidden Power of the Heart -Sara Paddison.

The Hidden Power of the Heart -Sara Paddison.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day.

When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by read more

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.

. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted read more

. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted cut but sparkles near the brim.