Classic Poem

I say not, should you ask a man though he
Have not attained the age of thrice ten years,
Whether he deem that he immortal be,
That, with a rash “yes,” he should shock your ears,
Nay, I deny not, that, a man who bears
The stamp of intellect, though he have lived
But lustres two twice told, may e'en draw tears
By edifying homily, achieved
To prove the human frame was ne'er from death reprieved.