“I am an old man
With my bones very brittle,
Though I am a poor old man
Worth very little,
Yet I suck at my long pipe
At peace in the sun,
I do not fret nor much regret
That my work is done.”

— Robert Graves

"Brittle Bones"
Country Sentiment (1920)

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English poet and novelist 1895–1985

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I do not fret nor much regret
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