Lay your earthly fancies down,
And in the vast cathedral leave him,
God accept him, Christ receive him!" - Meaning and context.">
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St. IX
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Speak no more of his renown,
Lay your earthly fancies down,
And in the vast cathedral leave him,
God accept him, Christ receive him!

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Speak no more of his renown,
Lay your earthly fancies down,
And in the vast cathedral leave him,
God accept him, Christ receive him!" in the context of "St. IX" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Source: Wikiquote: "Alfred, Lord Tennyson" (Quotes, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington (1852)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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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.