Like the bright and beautiful leaf, man is:

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Pale and dull in his old age.

Pale and happy in his youth.

Fine and gay in his youth.

Gay and ill in his old age

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Concept: Poems
These lines are from a lyric
“ What’s the life of a man any further than a splint
A man has his seasons so why should he suffer
For although through this life we appear fine and gay. ”
Now let us bandy all the given options one by one to find out the correct answer.
Option 1) Pale and dull in his old age
This option is incorrect because the comparison is made between a youthful splint and a youthful man. But this option describes a man in his old age. Hence, it doesn't apply to the given judgment .
Option 2) blench and happy in his youth
This option is incorrect as the words blench and happy contradict one another. Pale refers to old age and happy refers to youthful age.
Option 3) fine and gay in his youth
This option is correct because it's given in the lyric that a person has to go through different seasons.
Option 4) gay and ill in his old age
This option is incorrect because gay and ill contradict one another. Gay then refers to youth and ill refers to old age.
Hence, option 3 is correct.

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