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SIXTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS LIFE RUNS ON, THE ROAD GROWS STRANGE
Last Line: NEATH EVERY ONE A FRIEND.
Subject(s): AGING;
As life runs on, the road grows strange
With faces new, and near the end
The milestones into headstones change,
'Neath every one a friend.



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