Beautiful Old Age
D. H. Lawrence
1885 to 1930
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It ought to be lovely to be old
to ______ full of the peace that comes of experience
and ______ ripe fulfilment.
The wrinkled smile of completeness that follows ______ life
lived undaunted and unsoured with accepted lies
they ______ ripen like apples, and be scented like pippins
in ______ old age.
Soothing, old people should be, like apples
______ one is tired of love.
Fragrant like yellowing leaves, ______ dim with the soft
stillness and satisfaction of autumn.
______ a girl should say:
It must be wonderful to ______ and grow old.
Look at my mother, how rich ______ still she is! -
And a young man should think: By Jove
my father has faced all weathers, but it's been a life!