AGE
pENTLE old hands, kissed by the breath of age; Little white head, wrapped in wise dreams and thought; Tremulous lips, which, bending over babes, Some of their sweetness and their frailty caught. Beautiful face, grown careworn with the years, Sweet with serenity which only age may know, Loving old eyes, though dimmed with former tears, Now lit with radiance from an inward glow. Yours be the task to lead the young ones on, Who stand upon the steps of worldly strife, Looking to you, for age must ever be The key to peace and the eternal life. —Jean Mclndoe (aged 14).
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 29
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102AGE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 29
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