Desires shall fail
This metaphor has reference to man, in the infirmities of old age, when frivolous affairs are no longer desired. ( Ecclesiastes 12:5 )
Biblical Reference
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
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