990 <br /> <br />Not all die early, dying young— <br />Maturity of Fate <br />Is consummated equally <br />In Ages, or a Night— <br /> <br />A Hoary Boy, I've known to drop <br />Whole statured—by the side <br />Of Junior of Fourscore—'twas Act <br />Not Period—that died.<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/not-all-die-early-dying-young/
