The Great Gift Of Life Is A Marvelous Thing Poem by Francis Duggan

Of the praises of ageing heroes many well may sing
But the great gift of life is a marvelous thing
The young may lack in life experience but they can run fast
And as for the ageing their better physical days are in the past
In my best days i was far from an athlete
But nowadays i feel like i have leaden feet
The passing of time on everyone does show
And the great athletes in their prime in their eighties walking slow
My better days in life to the forever gone
But for as long as i can i intend to live on
And die in my sleep without pain as a very old man
At the end of a happy and healthy and a long life span
Of the praises of ageing heroes many well may sing
But the great gift of life is a marvelous thing.