"To his Mistress for her True Picture", line 11
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Sleep, Nurse of our life, Care’s best reposer,
Nature's high'st rapture, and the vision giver.
— Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Sleep, Nurse of our life, Care’s best reposer,
Nature's high'st rapture, and the vision giver." in the context of ""To his Mistress for her True Picture", line 11" 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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