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Paulus Silentiarius - Autumn years
Identifier
004681
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
[Adapted slightly by me].
An oleander -1882 Lawrence Alma Tadema
A description of the experience
Autumn years [Adapted from Paulus Silentiarius]
Even with your beard speckled with grey
You are more beautiful to me than any of the young
I’d sooner taste the apples
Hanging heavy from your boughs
Than gaze on the bodies of other men
I’ve no taste for the young
Your autumn outshines a mortal spring
Your winter is warmer than a summer sun