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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365718" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Eternal Youth</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was travelling through a countryside<br>That I'd never seen before, <br>As it grew dark, the mountainsides<br>Loomed threatening, over my car, <br>The cloud hung low in a louring sky<br>And my headlights cut through the gloom, <br>Ahead on the twisting, bending road<br>I had hopes of a cosy room.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There wasn't a house or a farm out there, <br>The valley was threading down, <br>The deeper it went, the darker yet<br>With still no sign of a town, <br>I thought that I'd have to drive all night<br>And my eyes were growing dim, <br>When back in the trees, I saw a light<br>And a sign: ‘The Dew Drop Inn'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I pulled at the bell for the Publican<br>And I heard a shuffle inside, <br>A shadow loomed, and the hinges creaked<br>And the door swung open wide, <br>A man so gaunt that his face was grey<br>And his sallow cheeks were thin, <br>Stood trembling in the doorway there<br>In the hall of the Dew Drop Inn! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I followed him in, not saying a word, <br>He motioned me into the bar, <br>Then poured me a whiskey and water<br>While I stared at a glass topped jar, <br>It drew my gaze as I sipped my drink<br>For the contents bubbled and swirled, <br>And I said: ‘Just where is the Dew Drop Inn? '<br>He replied: ‘At the End of the World! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His voice came bubbling out of his chest<br>Like the rasp of a rusty saw, <br>His hands were trembling, where they lay<br>And he kept his eyes on the door.<br>‘That jar, it changes its colours, look! <br>From red, through green and gold…'<br>He said: ‘They told me one sip from that<br>And a man would never grow old! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I stared at him, and I saw him frown<br>With a tear at the edge of his eye, <br>This ancient man with the trembling hand<br>And I said: ‘Well, that was a lie! ' <br>He shook his head and he turned to me<br>‘It depends what you want it for, <br>I was twenty-two when I took my sip…<br>I'm a hundred and sixty four! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘I didn't age for a hundred years<br>I revelled in youth, so long, <br>But suddenly I grew weary, thought<br>That there must have been something wrong! <br>I lost the zest for a youthful life, <br>Was beginning to feel my years, <br>All of my friends were dead and gone, <br>This life is a valley of tears! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘You're telling me that one sip from this<br>Will give me a hundred - True? <br>I'll still be fit and I'll still be strong, <br>At a hundred and thirty two? '<br>‘You will, but there's a condition<br>You must take on the Dew Drop Inn, <br>And stay in this cursèd valley then<br>‘Til a seeker of youth walks in! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm standing behind the counter with<br>My eyes on the outer door, <br>I've stood like stone for forty years<br>And paced a track on the floor, <br>The Publican left, the moment I sipped<br>He went with a joyous cry, <br>In search of a path from the Dew Drop Inn<br>Where at last, he could finally die! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">9 July 2012</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</a><div class=q>
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As it grew dark, the mountainsides
Loomed threatening, over my car, 
The cloud hung low in a louring sky
And my headlights cut through the gloom, 
Ahead on the twisting, bending r..."></div>
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