Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers,
From those brown hills, have melted into spring:
Faithful, indeed, is the spirit that remembers
After such years of change and suffering!" - Meaning and context.">
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Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers,
From those brown hills, have melted into spring
:
Faithful, indeed, is the spirit that remembers
After such years of change and suffering!

— Emily Brontë

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers,
From those brown hills, have melted into spring
:
Faithful, indeed, is the spirit that remembers
After such years of change and suffering!" in the context of "St. 3" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Emily Brontë" (Quotes, Remembrance (1846)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed February 01, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Emily Brontë

About Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, known as the Brontë sisters. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was first published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.

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