A. S. Cook & C. B. Tinker, Select Translations from Old English Poetry (1902), p. 78
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Before the dread journey which needs must be taken
No man is more mindful than meet is and right
To ponder, ere hence he departs, what his spirit
Shall, after the death-day, receive as its portion
Of good or of evil, by mandate of doom.
— Bede
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Before the dread journey which needs must be taken
No man is more mindful than meet is and right
To ponder, ere hence he departs, what his spirit
Shall, after the death-day, receive as its portion
Of good or of evil, by mandate of doom." in the context of "A. S. Cook & C. B. Tinker, Select Translations from Old English Poetry (1902), p. 78" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Bede" (Quotes, Bede's Death Song)
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About Bede
Bede (c. 672/673–26 May 735) was an Anglo-Saxon historian, theologian and scientific writer; often called the Venerable Bede. His best-known work, the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) was completed in 731.
About Bede
Bede (c. 672/673–26 May 735) was an Anglo-Saxon historian, theologian and scientific writer; often called the Venerable Bede. His best-known work, the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) was completed in 731.
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