The Score

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The Score by Robert William Service

 I asked a silver sage
 With race nigh run:
'Tell me in old of age
 Your wisdom won?'
Said he: 'From fret and strife
 And vain vexation,
The all I've learned from life
 Is--Resignation.'

I asked a Bard who thrummed
 A harp clay-cold:
'How is your story summed
 Now you are old?'
Though golden voice was his,
 And fame had he,
He sighed: 'The finish is
 --Futility.'

I'm old; I have no wealth
 Toil to reward;
Yet for the boon of health
 I thank the Lord.
While Beauty I can see,
 To live is good;
And so life's crown to me
 Is--Gratitude

Form: Lyric

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