Lucretius 3, 907. A Father’s Death.
• Cf. Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, st. 6:—For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn,
Or busy housewife ply her evening care:
No children run to lisp their sire's return,
Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
• Cf. Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, st. 6:—For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn,
Or busy housewife ply her evening care:
No children run to lisp their sire's return,
Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
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No more shall thy family welcome thee home, Nor around thee thy wife and sweet little ones come; All clamouring joyous to snatch the first kiss, Transporting thy bosom with exquisite bliss.
— Lucretius on Fathers
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "No more shall thy family welcome thee home, Nor around thee thy wife and sweet little ones come; All clamouring joyous to snatch the first kiss, Transporting thy bosom with exquisite bliss." in the context of "Lucretius 3, 907. A Father’s Death.
• Cf. Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, st. 6:—For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn,
Or busy housewife ply her evening care:
No children run to lisp their sire's return,
Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Fathers" (Quotes, Classical and Foreign Quotations: Quotes reported in W. Francis H. King, Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 171, 2045, 2494, 2827, 3003, 3013; 1212, 2818, 3005; 2420; 110, 1602; 646, Father’s death)
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Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC – 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His major work is De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things, which is considered by some to be the greatest masterpiece of Latin verse.
About Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC – 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His major work is De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things, which is considered by some to be the greatest masterpiece of Latin verse.
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