← ‘In my youth,’ Father William replied to his son, ‘I feared it might injure the brain; 🔊
← ‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; 🔊
← ‘In my youth,’ said the sage, as he shook his grey locks, ‘I kept all my limbs very supple 🔊
← ‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; 🔊
← ‘In my youth,’ said his father, ‘I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife; 🔊
← ‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; 🔊