"An Ode Upon a Question Moved Whether Love Should Continue for Ever", line 121
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Let then no doubt, Celinda, touch,
Much less your fairest mind invade:
Were not our souls immortal made
Our equal loves can make them such.
— Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Let then no doubt, Celinda, touch,
Much less your fairest mind invade:
Were not our souls immortal made
Our equal loves can make them such." in the context of ""An Ode Upon a Question Moved Whether Love Should Continue for Ever", line 121" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury" (Quotes: Verse quotations are cited from John Churton Collins (ed.) The Poems of Lord Herbert of Cherbury (London: Chatto and Windus, 1881).)
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About Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (March 3 1583 – August 20 1648) was a British soldier, diplomat, historian, poet, autobiographer and metaphysician, sometimes called "the father of deism". The poet George Herbert was his brother.
About Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (March 3 1583 – August 20 1648) was a British soldier, diplomat, historian, poet, autobiographer and metaphysician, sometimes called "the father of deism". The poet George Herbert was his brother.
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