I think it’s d sorry if I’m wrong
<span>The correct option is B.
To be rising means to be going up or to be increasing. Based on the way the word 'rising was used in the given excerpt, the word implies approaching. What the character in the poem was trying to say is that, since he is approaching his 60th birthday, he felt that time is going and he can not afford to waste anytime again, so he set out to accomplish his desires. </span>
