May it seek your hearts, and gain entrance there!

Look on my face, seamed, not with crime,

But with marks of age before their time:

These long white hairs should not have shown

Till ten more years had by me flown.

Age is upon me; not age by years,

But age by sorrow and care and tears;

Not age that cheers as it draweth near

Yon heaven which seemeth more bright and clear,

But age which causes the heart to lag