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Youth and Age
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1811-1890
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1811-1890
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Width: 20.4 cm
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Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : C.W. COPE. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left inside plate mark & recto : : CRABBED AGE AND YOUTH / CANNOT LIVE TOGETHER [colon] / YOU IS FULLOF PLEASANCE, / AGE IS FULL OF CARE [colon] / YOUTH LIKE SUMMER MORN , / AGE LIKE WINTER WEATHER ; / YOU LIKE SUMMER BRAVE, / AGE LIKE WINTER BARE. / YOUTH IS FULL OF SPORT / AGE'S BREATH IS SHORT, //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right inside plate mark & recto : : YOUTH IS NIMBLE, AGE IS LAME; / YOUTH IS HOT AND BOLD / AGE IS WEAK AND COLD; / YOUTH IS WILD, AND AGE IS TAME. / AGE, I DO ABHOR THEE, / YOUTH, I DO ADORE THEE; / OH, MY LOVE, MY LOVE IS YOUNG ; / AGE, I DO DEFY THEE; / O SWEET SHEPHERD, HIE THEE, / FOR METHINKS THOU STAY'ST TOO LONG.//
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. H.J Cornish Collection / 1928. //
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