Homage To Old Age
DEAR children, wheresoe'r you are,
Remember you must pay
Due reverence unto every one
Whose locks with age are gray.
Ah! You as yet have never known
The many cares and fears,
The many griefs, that often come
To those advanced in years.
Our God who is the God of love,
Whose words and ways are truth,
Who watches with unceasing care
The steps of age and youth,
Hath bid the young to pay respect
Unto the hoary head;
And he will bless all those who do
As he hath willed and said.
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