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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