Excelsior, st. 4.
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"Try not the Pass!" the old man said;
"Dark lowers the tempest overhead."
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets ""Try not the Pass!" the old man said;
"Dark lowers the tempest overhead."" in the context of "Excelsior, st. 4." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" (Quotes, Ballads and Other Poems (1842))
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About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882) was an American poet and one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.
About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882) was an American poet and one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.
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