On His Eightieth Birthday

To my ninth decade I have tottered on,
And no soft arm bends now my steps to steady;
She, who once led me where she would, is gone,
So when he calls me, Death shall find me ready.

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Romantic-era poet and prose writer known for elegant, epigrammatic verse and imaginary conversations.

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