Ecclesiastes 12:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Afraid — The passion of fear is observed to be most incident to old men. High — When they walk abroad they dread to go up high or steep places. Fears — Lest as they are walking, they should stumble, or fall. The almond — tree — Their heads shall be as full of grey hairs, as the almond — tree is of white flowers. The grasshopper — They cannot endure the least burden, being indeed a burden to themselves. Desire — Of meats, and drinks, and music, and other delights, which are vehemently desired by men in their youth. Goeth — is travelling towards it, and every day nearer to it. Long home — From this place of his pilgrimage into the grave, from whence he must never return into this world, and into the state of the future life, which is unchangeable and everlasting. Mourners — Accompany the corpse thro' the streets to the grave.