Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; Death closes all; but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Ulysses — in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Ulysses
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- Ulysses; Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Ulysses, a fictional character, in Ulysses.
- Ulysses
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