Quote#Love
When all the world is old, lad
Quote byCharles Kingsley · 1819–1875
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1863), Song II, st. 2..
English (original)
When all the world is old, lad, And all the trees are brown; And all the sport is stale, lad, And all the wheels run down; Creep home, and take your place there, The spent and maimed among:— God grant you find one face there, You loved when all was young.
— Charles Kingsley
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