"The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
And then, as with the years, I older grow, They slowly pass, and I watch them go; I feel the days that are no more: The dear ones I held close, the friends of yore; That now are lost, as I myself shall be, Beside the spring, beneath the tree,
The blossoms of the May, And as with them the wise bees fly, I too will pass away."
在這個句子中，"older"是壹個形容詞，用來描述"I"（我）這個主語。這裏"older"在主語後面修飾動詞"grow"，這是因為這個句子采用了倒裝結構。
正常的句子結構應該是：As I older grow with the years.
但在詩歌中，為了讓句子更加押韻或符合節奏，詩人采用了倒裝結構，將"I older grow"這個詞組調整為"older grow I"。
這樣做並不常見於日常對話或正式的書面英語，但在古典詩歌或文學作品中是常見的修辭手法。它幫助詩歌的節奏和押韻，使詩句更加優美和具有感染力。在古典詩歌中，有時為了達到詩意和表達的需要，語序可能會被調整，但這並不影響句子的理解和意義。