Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man had power to say, Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man had power to say, Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up." in the context of "William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595-96), Act I, scene 1, line 144." to mean that wisdom is timeless.