Joshua Sylvester, Love's Omnipotence.
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Were you the earth dear love, and I the skies My love would shine on you like to the sun And look upon you with ten thousand eyes Till heaven waxed blind and till the world were done.
— Joshua Sylvester on Eyes
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Were you the earth dear love, and I the skies My love would shine on you like to the sun And look upon you with ten thousand eyes Till heaven waxed blind and till the world were done." in the context of "Joshua Sylvester, Love's Omnipotence." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Eyes" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 246-50.)
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About Joshua Sylvester
Joshua Sylvester (1563 – 28 September 1618) was an English poet.
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