And Goethe lived to 73, not unusually old for a poet. It's a bit like Peter Townsend writing "My Generation" with "Hope I die before I get old", then turning up

And Goethe lived to 73, not unusually old for a poet. It's a bit like Peter Townsend writing "My Generation" with "Hope I die before I get old", then turning up age 60 or so to play the Super Bowl halftime show.