Question

But them days is past and gone, and old Time's tuck his toll From the old man come back to the old swimmin'-hole. These lines from the poem suggest that the speaker has lost his memory has had a hard life is happy about growing old wants to forget the swimming hole

Answer 1

The correct answer is the second one.

We know the speaker has had a hard life because "old Time's tuck his toll." By this, he means that time has taken its toll -- the years have been difficult.

Answer 2

Answer:

These lines from the poem suggest that the speaker has had a hard life.

Explanation:

This lines from "The Old Swimmin' Hole" By James Whitcomb Riley show the connection of the old mas with the swimmin' hole as he starts remembering the good old days when he was young and everything seemed so perfect and bright, now those are just memories in his mind and his heart of a better time than the one he lives now.