John Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes", XXX

  And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep,   In blanchèd linen, smooth, and lavender’d,   While he from forth the closet brought a heap   Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd:   With jellies soother than the creamy curd,   And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon;   Manna and dates, in argosy transferr’d   From Fez; and spicèd dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar’d Lebanon.

— John Keats on Middle Eastern cuisine

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 blanchèd linen, smooth, and lavender’d,   While he from forth the closet brought a heap   Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd:   With jellies soother than the creamy curd,   And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon;   Manna and dates, in argosy transferr’d   From Fez; and spicèd dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar’d Lebanon." in the context of "John Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes", XXX" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About John Keats

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