Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The Worlds Best Poetry. Volume II. Love. 1904. | | I. Admiration | To a Lady | John James Piatt (18351917) |
| On Her Art of Growing Old Gracefully |
| YOU ask a verse, to sing (ah, laughing face!) | |
Your happy art of growing old with grace? | |
O Muse, begin, and let the truthbut hold! | |
First let me see that you are growing old. | | |
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