... Michelangelo. 37 And indeed there will be time 38 To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" 39 Time to turn back and descend the stair, 40 With a bald spot in the middle of my hair -- 41 (They will say: 'How his hair is growing thin!") 42 My morning coat ... Works and Days, an 8th-century (B.C.) description of rural life. 42. morning coat: a formal coat with tail. 52. dying fall: love-sick Duke Orsino's opening line in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, "That strain again! It had a dying fall" (I.i.1), referring to a piece of music. Cf. "Portrait of a Lady," line 122. 60. butt- ... down. 105. a...

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