If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
Let this be my fate in a country town;
May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate,
And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate.
May I govern my passions with an absolute sway,
Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away,
Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.
- Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,
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Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone
(A very plain read more
Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone
(A very plain brown stone will do),
That I may call my own;
And close at hand is such a one
In yonder street that fronts the sun.
What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.
My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
