Dafydd ap Gwilym, in "Y Drych" [The Mirror], line 1; translation from Bards and Heroes (1989) by Carl Lofmark, p. 96
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I never entertained the dreadful thought that my face was anything other than good and fair until, in an act of revelation, I picked up a mirror.
— Dafydd ap Gwilym on Mirror
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I never entertained the dreadful thought that my face was anything other than good and fair until, in an act of revelation, I picked up a mirror." in the context of "Dafydd ap Gwilym, in "Y Drych" [The Mirror], line 1; translation from Bards and Heroes (1989) by Carl Lofmark, p. 96" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Dafydd ap Gwilym
Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) was a mid-14th century Welsh lyric poet whose works usually deal either with nature, with love, or with his own comic misadventures. Studies of his country's literature regularly describe him as the greatest Welsh-language poet.
About Dafydd ap Gwilym
Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) was a mid-14th century Welsh lyric poet whose works usually deal either with nature, with love, or with his own comic misadventures. Studies of his country's literature regularly describe him as the greatest Welsh-language poet.
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