Algernon Charles Swinburne, Ave Atque Vale, Stanza 18
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For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fatal mother.
— Algernon Charles Swinburne on Death
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fatal mother." in the context of "Algernon Charles Swinburne, Ave Atque Vale, Stanza 18" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Death" (S: [[File:The Knight with the Falcon (Rembrandt van Rijn) - Gothenburg Museum of Art - GKM 0698.tif|thumb| Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come. ~ William Shakespeare]])
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About Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet.
About Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet.
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