Ubi Sunt?
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UBI SUNT? (Latin, “Where are they now?”) A common theme in OE and ME poetry of an elegiac nature, teaching that earthly greatness is of little enduring value. A modern ubi sunt is James Clarence Mangan’s “Gone in the Wind.”
See also how are the mighty fallen!
Jeffrey, D. L. (1992). A Dictionary of biblical tradition in English literature. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
