When we are young and braveWe want to change the worldAnd we are able to braveAll manner of things to do that
As we grow older, less bolderThe world changes usAnd we are contentTo say…
A generation has grown up Since the deedAnd we who have become Greybeards, waitingWe knewIn our heart of hearts We knew
Thucydides said it in Greece long agoAnd down the agesIt has been proven true“The strong do what they canAnd the weak suffer what they must”