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Why, death, do you tarry so?
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Why, death, do you tarry so? Why does your chariot come so slow? Old age has prepared for me Every illness and complaint. What good are my hundred years?    If such pain I undergo—    Why, death…

Contributor:

Jacob Frances

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Aging, Death, Body image, Health, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
From Adam to Noah
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This is the record of Adam’s line.—When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God; male and female He created them. And when they were created, He blessed them and called them Man.—When…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Anthropology, Parenthood, Birth, Death, Aging

Categories:

History, Lists & Catalogues, Literature
Old Age
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So appreciate your vigor in the days of your youth, before those days of sorrow come and those years arrive of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; before sun and light and moon and…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Health, Aging, Wisdom, Death, Afterlife

Categories:

Literature, Wisdom Literature, Folklore