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01/02/2021 6:13 pm
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Till last by Philip’s farm, I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
Paraphrase: In the end, the small river flows near Philip’s farm. Here, it joins with another river which is full of water to the brim. Men may come or go (take birth or die) from this world but the brook continues to flow forever.
(a) What is the brimming river’?
(b) Explain: ‘Men may come and men may go’.
(c) Quote the line that shows the eternal flow of the river.
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01/02/2021 6:14 pm
(a) ‘The brimming river’ is a big river filled to the brim with water.
(b) It means that men may take birth or die and depart from the world.
(c) ‘But I go on forever’.