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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