Lord Byron, The First Kiss of Love, stanza 7 (1806).

When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past— For years fleet away with the wings of the dove— The dearest remembrance will still be the last, Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love.

— Lord Byron on Kissing

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past— For years fleet away with the wings of the dove— The dearest remembrance will still be the last, Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love." in the context of "Lord Byron, The First Kiss of Love, stanza 7 (1806)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Lord Byron

About Lord Byron

George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22 1788 – April 19 1824), generally known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and leading figure in Romanticism. He was the father of the mathematician Ada Lovelace.