Byron and Paul: A Contrast

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The poet Byron wrote before he died:
“My days are in the yellow leaf;
The fruit, the flower of life is gone;
The worm, the canker and the grief
Are mine alone.
Paul, the Apostle, wrote just before he died:
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing”
(2 Tim. 4:7-87I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:7‑8)).