<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345119" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To the Superior Animal</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">To sum up all, I'm old -- and that's <br>A fact the years decide;<br>It is a common thing with cats<br>And not a thing to hide. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But to feel what it is -- how kind<br>How true to love and law<br>For this you must be quite resigned<br>And not avoid its paw.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It does not come as reckless foe<br>A shrinking prey to take,<br>But with soft footstep that we know<br>By comfort in its wake.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though it spoils something -- that is true,<br>Which we must learn to lack<br>And takes alike from me and you<br>What never does come back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It caters for our failing strength<br>In many a dainty scrap,<br>And gently lays us at our length<br>In some secluded lap.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It may bless you -- (I think it should)<br>Beyond what I make out,<br>With things perhaps too great and good<br>For cats to talk about.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since I find in it blessing free<br>From all it can destroy,<br>And so its progress is to me<br>A miracle of joy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But my look out to occupy<br>And make the most of that.<br>You must be quite as old as I,<br>If not yourself a Cat!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anna+Laetitia+Waring">Anna Laetitia Waring</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345119" data-title="To the Superior Animal de Anna Laetitia Waring" data-description="To sum up all, I'm old -- and that's A fact the years decide; It is a common thing with cats And not a thing to hide. But to feel what it is -- how kind How true to love and law For this you must be quite resigned And not avoid its paw. It doe..."></div> </div> </div>

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