Charles Godfrey Leland, The Swallow.
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But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord relief, And chirped when any near would come, "Hugswala swala swal honom!" Meaning, as they who tell it deem, Oh, cool, oh, cool and comfort Him!
— Charles Godfrey Leland on Swallows
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord relief, And chirped when any near would come, "Hugswala swala swal honom!" Meaning, as they who tell it deem, Oh, cool, oh, cool and comfort Him!" in the context of "Charles Godfrey Leland, The Swallow." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Swallows" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 772.)
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