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Youth !!
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Kid
Pointing to a pile of dust,
that had collected,
I foolishly begged to have
as many anniversaries of my birth,
as were represented by the dust.
But I forgot to ask that the years
should be accompanied by youth.
~Ovid, Metamorphoses, Bk XIV
(translated by Anthony S. Kline)
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