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Question
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but with a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.
- What does the poet mean by the phrase ‘in the dim past’?
- Is the poet afraid of future?
- How can one travel on with cheer?
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Solution
- ‘In the dim past’ means the sad days of the past.
- No, the poet is not afraid of future.
- One can travel on with cheer by retaining the pleasures of childhood.
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