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CLIMACTERIC by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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First Line: I AM NOT WISER FOR MY AGE
Last Line: AH! COULD WE TURN THE LEAF.
I am not wiser for my age,
Nor skilful by my grief;
Life loiters at the book's first page, --
Ah! could we turn the leaf.



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