Youth
But me They cannot touch, Old Age and death . . . the strange And ignominious end of old Dead folk!
Adelaide Crapsey
But me They cannot touch, Old Age and death . . . the strange And ignominious end of old Dead folk!
A young speaker proclaims that Old Age and death cannot touch them. The statement is blunt, almost a boast, drawing a sharp line between the living self and the fate of the elderly.
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