Lines from Poem

[chris.Vandel]

I am trying to find the poem with these or similar lines

When I was young ........

When I was a young man........

When I grew I gae p childish things.......

any help please

[swedeheart]

My favourite passage from the Bible. I'm not religious but this is profound

[swedeheart]

...unless you're thinking of Song of Childhood by Rilke, which is featured in Wings of Desire, the Wim Wenders film.(Another favourite!)

[1967chelsea]

It is a quotation from the bible, New Testament, Jesus Christ speaking.