Down in the deep, up in the sky,
I see them always, far or nigh,
And I shall see them till I die —

The old familiar faces.

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"Magnus and Morna", p. 332
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Down in the deep, up in the sky,
I see them always, far or nigh,
And I shall see them till I die —

The old familiar faces.

— Dinah Craik

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Down in the deep, up in the sky,
I see them always, far or nigh,
And I shall see them till I die —

The old familiar faces.

" in the context of ""Magnus and Morna", p. 332" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Dinah Craik" (Quotes, Thirty Years, Being Poems New and Old (1880): Thirty Years, Being Poems New and Old. London: Macmillan and Co., 1880) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Dinah Craik

About Dinah Craik

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. Born Dinah Maria Mulock, the name under which her first works were published, her work has also been presented as by Dinah Craik, Dinah Maria Craik, Dinah Mulock Craik, and simply Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik.