THE OLD MAN’s COMFORTS.

“You are old, Father William,” a young man did say, “And life must be hast’ning away; You are cheerful, and love to converse upon death: Now tell me the reason, I pray.”

“I am cheerful, young man,” Father William replied, “Let the cause thy attention engage: In the days of my youth I remember’d my God, And he hath not forgotten my age.”