The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Vailima ed.)/Volume 8/New Poems/De M. Antonio
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CLXXVIII
DE M. ANTONIO
NOW, Antonius, in a smiling age,
Counts of his life the fifteenth finished stage.
The rounded days and the safe years he sees
Nor fears death's water mounting round his knees.
To him remembering not one day is sad,
Not one but that its memory makes him glad.
So good men lengthen life; and to recall
The past, is to have twice enjoyed it all.