The narrator, Ulysses, is an old man, lamenting his ever-advancing age after a life filled with adventure.
I reached the line that beckoned me, and came to a full stop before I was able to continue — “Come, my friends, ‘tis not too late to seek a newer world….,” a thought that speaks to all of us who can still breathe. And further – “Tho much is taken, much abides… that which we are, we are….”
Wonderful stuff….