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Charm us, orator, till the lion look no larger than the cat.
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Charm us, orator, till the lion look no larger than the cat." in the context of "Line 112" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Alfred, Lord Tennyson" (Quotes, Locksley Hall Sixty Years After (1886))
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About Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
About Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
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