It's a quote from Shakespeare. (Maybe Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" has some relationship there, I dunno what-all the persons might have been thinking.) Wasn't Shakespeare often called "The Bard?"

I sort of took it as what a person might say as a commentary on death in general-- the transitory nature of life?

But, as with all Mudcat threads-- "take the best and leave the rest" is usually good policy.

~S~