An eye where love with laughter twinkles, <br />And songs on kisses still insistent, <br />Blended with graying hair and wrinkles, <br />To you, my child, seem inconsistent? <br /> <br />In fact, you think such conduct shocking? <br />The old should mind their souls and purses? <br />Ah, youthful blood, refrain from mocking <br />Till you can only kiss in verses.<br /><br />Gamaliel Bradford<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/anacreon-s-apology/
