You know the form of language, too, can change.
Within a thousand years, even the words
that were most precious then, seem strange
and foolish to us; yet they spoke them so
and did no worse in love than we now do.
You know the form of language, too, can change.
Within a thousand years, even the words
that were most precious then, seem strange
and foolish to us; yet they spoke them so
and did no worse in love than we now do.
Trying to hew closer to the original grammar rather than preserve the poetry:
You know also that the forms of speech can change within a thousand years.
And words too, which at the time were prized, but now, shockingly foolish and weird we think them.
And yet they spoke them so, and succeeded as well in love as we.
A thousand years? That’s so 1380 of you, Jeff! I can think of cringey '80s pick-up lines that fit this standard.