[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t3.56 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.56 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.56 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.56) "It is age which has broken him,—Age, The thief of beauty and destroyer of strength, The source of care and the end of joys, The foe of the senses, the vanishing of memories. He, too, has sucked at the mother's breast As a little child, learned walking in the course of time, Gradually he grew big and strong, a youth, Gradually age has overtaken him." - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.55) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.57) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.56) · Pramāṇa