Sonnet LXX; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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Tell her the joyous Time will not be staid,
Unlesse she doe him by the forelock take.
— Edmund Spenser
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Tell her the joyous Time will not be staid,
Unlesse she doe him by the forelock take." in the context of "Sonnet LXX; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Edmund Spenser" (Quotes, Amoretti (1595))
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About Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet, who wrote such pastorals as The Shepheardes Calendar, Astrophell and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, but is most famous for the multi-layered allegorical romance, The Faerie Queene.
About Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet, who wrote such pastorals as The Shepheardes Calendar, Astrophell and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, but is most famous for the multi-layered allegorical romance, The Faerie Queene.
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