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Quote #4
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more. (7-8)
The speaker can do math, that's for sure. Here, we see him calculating how much time he has left, based on how long he has lived. The passage of time is on his mind, and it's almost like he's checking all his facts to remind himself that he doesn't have forever to enjoy what's out there.
Quote #5
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow. (9-12)
Time is our master, and there's no getting around that fact. "Fifty springs" aren't enough to get everything done, the speaker says, so he plans on cheating time the best he can. Well, he's not really cheating time, but he's definitely gonna make that 50 years worth it.