Act I, Scene 12

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• Shakespeare. Crabbed age and youth cannot live together:
  Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care;
  Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; 160
  Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare.
  Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short;
  Youth is nimble, age is lame;
  Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold;
  Youth is wild, and age is tame. 165
  Age, I do abhor thee; youth, I do adore thee;
  O, my love, my love is young!
  Age, I do defy thee: O, sweet shepherd, hie thee,
  For methinks thou stay'st too long,