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That is no country for old men. The young

In one another’s arms, birds in the trees,

—Those dying generations⁠—at their song,

The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,

Fish flesh or fowl, commend all summer long

Whatever is begotten born and dies.

Caught in that sensual music all neglect

Monuments of unaging intellect.