A wise man …

… The Poet of Old Age | Harvard Magazine. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…Hall wrote about age without illusions, but also without embarrassment. That makes him a rarity in American culture, where getting old is usually regarded as a faux pas, something to be staved off with diet and exercise as long as possible and then hidden with plastic surgery. 

I met Donald a few times. A very impressive gentleman, I do think that John Hall Wheelocj was also a great poet of old age.