Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EMANCIPATION, by MRS. C. B. F. [PSEUD.]


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EMANCIPATION, by                    
First Line: "I work or play, as I think best"
Last Line: I would not climb life's hill again --/glory be! I'm sixty!
Alternate Author Name(s): Mrs. C. B. F.
Subject(s): Old Age;women


I work or play, as I think best;
I fare abroad, or stay at home;
When weary, I sit down and rest;
I bid one go, another come --
Because I'm sixty!
When whistles blow with clamorous hue,
I rouse me not, as I was wont.
I do the things I like to do,
And leave undone the things I don't --
Because I'm sixty!
I grow not blind, nor deaf, nor lame,
I still can dance, and hear, and see,
But love the restful book or game;
No more the strenuous life for me,
I quit at sixty!
My toilet is my fondest care,
The serial story I peruse;
I glory in my silvering hair,
I love my comfortable shoes --
I'm glad I'm sixty!
Let youngsters lift the weary load,
And the burden tug and strain;
I love the easy, downward road;
I would not climb life's hill again --
Glory be! I'm sixty!






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