GOD guard me from those thoughts men think <br />In the mind alone; <br />He that sings a lasting song <br />Thinks in a marrow-bone; <br />From all that makes a wise old man <br />That can be praised of all; <br />O what am I that I should not seem <br />For the song's sake a fool? <br />I pray -- for word is out <br />And prayer comes round again -- <br />That I may seem, though I die old, <br />A foolish, passionate man.<br /><br />William Butler Yeats<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-prayer-for-old-age/
