No. 19 ("To an Athlete Dying Young"), st. 4
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And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears.
— A. E. Housman
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears." in the context of "No. 19 ("To an Athlete Dying Young"), st. 4" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About A. E. Housman
Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 โ 30 April 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.
About A. E. Housman
Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 โ 30 April 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.
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