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"You are old, Father William," a young man did say, / "And life must be hast'ning away; / You are cheerful, and love to converse upon death: / Now tell me the reason, I pray."
"I am cheerful, young man," Father William replied, / "Let the cause thy attention engage: / In the days of my youth I remember'd my God, / And he hath not forgotten my age."