Old Age Echoes（一）

    I HAVE not so much emulated the birds that musically sing，

    I have abandon'd myself to flights， broad circles.

    The hawk， the seagull， have far more possess'd me than the

    canary or mocking-bird，

    I have not felt to warble and trill， however sweetly，

    I have felt to soar in freedom and in the fullness of power，

    joy， volition.