How to break up sentences in English when you get old. Urgent use in the recital competition.

When/ you are old/ and gray/ and full of sleep,

And nodding/ by the fire,/ take down/ this

When/ you are old/ and gray/ and full of sleep,

And nodding/ by the fire,/ take down/ this book,

And slowly read,/ and dream /of the soft look

Your eyes/ had once/, and/ of their shadows deep;

How many /loved your moments/ of glad grace,

And/ loved your beauty/ with love/ false or true,

But one man loved /the pilgrim Soul/ in you,

And/ loved the sorrows /of your changing face;

And bending down/ beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, /a little sad/, how Love fled

And paced /upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face/ amid a crowd /of stars.