dotage (n.)
- age
- childishness
- credulity
- credulousness
- debility
- decline
- decrepitude
- eld
- feebleness
- fondness
- infatuation
- infirmity
- longevity
- oldness
- overcredulity
- ricketiness
- senility
- superannuation
- trustfulness
Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise!
From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow,
And Swift expires, a driv'ler and a show.