The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality; Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
William Wordsworth
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Ode: Intimations of Immortality, Poems in Two Volumes (1807); Exact wording and attribution checked. Complete sentence describing how awareness of mortality changes perception; palms means prizes or victories.
- Ode: Intimations of Immortality, Poems in Two Volumes (1807)
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