The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner + 

Although I shelter from the rain + 

Under a broken tree + 

My chair was nearest to the fire + 

In every company. + 

That talked of love or politics + 

Ere time transfigured me. + 

Though lads are making pikes again + 

For some conspiracy, + 

And crazy rascals rage their fill + 

At human tyranny; + 

My contemplations are of time + 

That has transfigured me. + 

There’s not a woman turns her face + 

Upon a broken tree, + 

And yet the beauties that I loved + 

Are in my memory; + 

I spit into the face of Time + 

That has transfigured me. + 