The World Spins On
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#52 The World Spins On
The world continues in an ellipse
Revolving slower, faster and still on
With the same forces acting -
Pulling and pushing in like fashion
Seasons change as it goes
Clouds more often than sunshine
Rain though only for a while
And sun for the rest of each day
The world continues in an ellipse
With the sun at one foci
Supplying energy at all times
To all latitudes and longitudes
The world spins as it goes
Day, night taking turns
Both almost equal in time
One lengthening at different seasons
The world revolves like our lives
With rain, clouds and sunshine
We making hay while the sun shines
And saving for the rainy day
Every season we may complain
Of soil or yield
Thorns or labour tools
Each season bringing its challenges
Seldom we experience an eclipse
With effect darker than the night
Thick enough for everyone to see
But lasting only for a splint second
Yet our lives continue to spin like the world
The gains during youth
Determine the rest in retirement
Knowing our lives must spin on.
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance,
his colleagues generally present him with a watch.
R.C. Sherriff
Retired is being twice tired, I've thought
First tired of working, then tired of not.
Richard Armour
O, blest retirement! Friend to life's decline -
How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,
A youth of labor with an age of ease!
Goldsmith
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The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.
Author Unknown
Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about
getting caught at it.
— Gene Perret
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