Poems Ancient and Modern

Poems Ancient and Modern

Today’s Poem: Growing Old

To feel but half and feebly what we feel

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Joseph Bottum
Nov 07, 2025
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Rembrandt, Old Man in an Armchair, 1652 (Wikimedia Commons)
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