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Remember, imbeciles and wits,
sots and ascetics, fair and foul,
young girls with little tender tits,
that death is written over all. Worn hides that scarcely clothe the soul
they are so rotten, old and thin,
or firm and soft and warm and full—
fellmonger Death gets every skin.
— Basil Bunting
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Remember, imbeciles and wits,
sots and ascetics, fair and foul,
young girls with little tender tits,
that death is written over all. Worn hides that scarcely clothe the soul
they are so rotten, old and thin,
or firm and soft and warm and full—
fellmonger Death gets every skin." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Basil Bunting
Basil Cheesman Bunting (March 3, 1900 – April 17, 1985) was a British modernist poet.
About Basil Bunting
Basil Cheesman Bunting (March 3, 1900 – April 17, 1985) was a British modernist poet.
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