Old-age, a second child, by Nature curs'd
With more and greater evils than the first,
Weak, sickly, full of pains; in ev'ry breath
Railing at life, and yet afraid of death.
Source: Gotham, I
-- Charles Churchill, ( 1731-1764), English poet, political journalist, clergyman; His works include The Rosciad, 1761, The Prophecy Of Famine, 1763, and The Duellist, 1763.