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                 ECCLESIASTES XII - verses 1 - 7 
 
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, 
while the evil days come not, 
nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, 
I have no pleasure in them; 
 
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not 
darkened,  
     Before life ebbs, beauty flees, fortune fails, 
 
nor the clouds return after the rain; 
     poverty returns after prosperity; 
 
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble,  
     legs shall weaken 
 
and the strong men shall bow themselves, 
     arms shall become weak 
 
and the grinders cease because they are few, 
     the teeth chew no more because they are few, 
 
and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 
     the eyes are dimmed 
 
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the
grinding is low, 
     The ears shall be so dulled that the sound of women grinding
     at the mill is low, 
 
and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, 
     the man is so old that even the sound of a bird will keep him
     awake, 
 
and all the daughters of music shall be brought low, 
     and you will be deaf and tuneless with quavering voice 
 
also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears 
shall be in the way, 
     you will be afraid of heights and falling 
 
and the almond tree shall flourish, 
     the hair will become white 
 
and the grasshopper shall be a burden, 
     man shall see his children, grandchildren, and his great- 
     grandchildren 
 
and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the   h)          
mourners go about the streets 
     standing at death's door 
 
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, 
     physical desire fades away 
 
Or the golden bowl be broken, 
     life comes to an end 
 
Or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, 
     virility stops and life comes to an end 
 
Or the wheel broken at the cistern 
     impotent 
 
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; 
and spirit shall return unto God who gaveit.