Dum vivimus vigilamus, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Friends I have had both old and young,
And ale we drank and songs we sung:
Enough you know when this is said,
That, one and all, they died in bed.
In bed they died and I’ll not go
Where all my friends have perished so.
— Charles Henry Webb
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Friends I have had both old and young,
And ale we drank and songs we sung:
Enough you know when this is said,
That, one and all, they died in bed.
In bed they died and I’ll not go
Where all my friends have perished so." in the context of "Dum vivimus vigilamus, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Charles Henry Webb
Charles Henry Webb (January 24, 1834, Rouse's Point, New York – May 24, 1905) was an American poet, author and journalist.
About Charles Henry Webb
Charles Henry Webb (January 24, 1834, Rouse's Point, New York – May 24, 1905) was an American poet, author and journalist.
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