Stricken in Years

The more one's stricken in years
And declining much
There's a new way that fear nears
As love one wants to touch

17 Now my father, Lehi, had said many things unto them, and also unto the sons of Ishmael; but, behold, they did breathe out much threatenings against anyone that should speak for me; and my parents being stricken in years, and having suffered much grief because of their children, they were brought down, yea, even upon their sick 1 Nephi 18:17 https://www.lds.org/study/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/18?id=p17〈=eng#p17