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Stanza 30

And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep,
In blanched linen, smooth, and lavender'd.

— John Keats

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep,
In blanched linen, smooth, and lavender'd." in the context of "Stanza 30" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "John Keats" (Quotes, Poems (1820), The Eve of St. Agnes: The Eve of St. Agnes) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
John Keats

About John Keats

John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement.