In Praise Of Older Women For M Lady Ernestine Poem by ivor or ivor.e hogg

There is beauty in old age
which younger girls can’t emulate
As if the lady’s reached the stage
where she need not dissimulate

She’s not afraid to let you see
the lines that life’s writ on her face.
Each wrinkle was earned honourably
each laughter line has earned its place

Cosmetics may conceivably
appear to slow the passing years
but only temporarily
before you are reduced to tears

Youthful beauty soon fades away
no matter how hard you may try
by artifice to make it stay.
In lucky ladies replaced by

A much longer lasting beauty
which shows from somewhere deep inside
without a trace of vanity
Though grace and dignity abide.

Old ladies can be beautiful
and often turn a young man’s head.
Although they are quite comfortable
accepting compliments unsaid.

Admiring glances from young men
who readily appreciate
The beauty of older women
is something youth can’t imitate.

Young women lack maturity
which older ladies can display.
Their youthful insecurity
somehow always gets in the way.

29-Jul-08

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