On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 09:46:34 +0000, SARAH R FOOT
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>> On Thu, 5 Dec 1996 21:05:44 GMT, Dr David J Plews
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>
>If I was going to have some profound quote (which I won't) I would choose
> "...and this too shall pass away..."
>
>> >Anybody know the original source?
>
>It is an Old English poem called _Deor_, one of a group of
>consolatory poems. The poet rehearses the terrible things that
>happened to people in the past, and reflects
>
>'That passed away, and so may this from me'
>
>The context is overtly Christian (the poet reassures himself that 'in
>this world wise God brings change continually'); his own misfortune
>is that his position as minstrel and the lands that go with it have
>been given by his lord to another.
>
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