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Literary
January 19, 1802
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A poem dividing human life into septennial stages from birth to old age, describing physical, emotional, and mental developments through youth, manhood, maturity, and decline.
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SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF TIME.
THE seven first years of life, man's break
of day,
Gleams of short sense a dawn of thought dis-
play;
When fourteen springs have bloomed his
downy cheek,
His soft and bashful meaning learns to speak.
From twenty-one proud manhood takes its
date;
Yet is not strength complete till twenty-eight;
Then to his five and thirtieth, life's gay fire,
Sparkles, burns bright, and flames in fierce
desire,
At forty-two his eyes grave wisdom wear,
And the dark future dims him o'er with care;
With forty-nine, behold his toils increase,
And busy hopes and fears disturb his peace.
At fifty-six cool reason reigns entire.
Then life turns steady, and with temp'rate
fire.
But sixty-three unbends the body's strength,
Ere the unwearied mind has run its length.
And when from seventy, age surveys her last
Tir'd she stops short-and wishes all were
past.
THE seven first years of life, man's break
of day,
Gleams of short sense a dawn of thought dis-
play;
When fourteen springs have bloomed his
downy cheek,
His soft and bashful meaning learns to speak.
From twenty-one proud manhood takes its
date;
Yet is not strength complete till twenty-eight;
Then to his five and thirtieth, life's gay fire,
Sparkles, burns bright, and flames in fierce
desire,
At forty-two his eyes grave wisdom wear,
And the dark future dims him o'er with care;
With forty-nine, behold his toils increase,
And busy hopes and fears disturb his peace.
At fifty-six cool reason reigns entire.
Then life turns steady, and with temp'rate
fire.
But sixty-three unbends the body's strength,
Ere the unwearied mind has run its length.
And when from seventy, age surveys her last
Tir'd she stops short-and wishes all were
past.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
What themes does it cover?
Death Mortality
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Septennial Division
Life Stages
Aging
Time
Human Development
Literary Details
Title
Septennial Division Of Time.
Key Lines
The Seven First Years Of Life, Man's Break Of Day, Gleams Of Short Sense A Dawn Of Thought Display;
And When From Seventy, Age Surveys Her Last Tir'd She Stops Short And Wishes All Were Past.