Ah! Postumus! Devotion fails The lapse of gliding years to … - John Conington

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Ah! Postumus! Devotion fails
The lapse of gliding years to stay,
With wrinkled age it nought avails
Nor conjures conquering Death away.

John Conington

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John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.

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Ah! Postumus! Devotion fails The lapse of gliding years to stay, With wrinkled age it nought avails Nor conjures conquering Death away. - John Conington

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