That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Waller.
The fruits of age, less fair, are yet more sound
Than those a brighter season pours around;
And, like the stores autumnal suns mature,
Through wintry regions unimpaired endure.
Cowper.
Age, by long experience well informed,
Well read, well tempered, with religion warmed,
That fire abated which impels rash youth,