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man, pray, if you know,

Now answer me the truth!—

Which of the gifts that the gods bestow

Is the greatest gift of youth?

O aged man, I have far to fare

By the divers paths of Earth,

Which of the gifts that with me I bear

Is the gift of the greatest worth?

Is it the might of the good right arm,

Whereby I shall make my way