Time will rust the sharpest sword,
Time will consume the strongest cord;
That which moulders hemp and steel,
Mortal arm and nerve must feel.

Sir Walter Scott

Harold the Dauntless

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Time as destroyer Effects of time Time

Author

Sir Walter Scott

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Harold the Dauntless

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. Harold the Dauntless. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. /London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817, canto 1, st. 4.

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Thomas Jefferson
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Samuel Kercheval. 12 July 1816.

Current Citation

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Time, the devourer of all things.

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Effects of time Relentlessness of time Time

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Ovid
Source
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Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
8 0s 1st century
Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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