First Things RSS Feed - Dick Davis https://www.firstthings.com/author/dick-davis en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:55:12 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/dick-davis 60 Admonition for the Seventh Decade https://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/05/admonition-for-the-seventh-decade https://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/05/admonition-for-the-seventh-decade Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 All the bluster and conceit,
All the hare-brained indiscreet
Obfuscations and obsessions,
All the ludicrous confessions,
Put them by now, put them by,
Clean them out before you die.

Even though you can’t undo
All the mess that makes up you,
Find a modicum of quiet;
Quash the long uncivil riot
That goes on inside your heart;
Clear the drunks out, make a start.

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