John Keats, Ode to Psyche (wr. 1819; pub. 1820)

No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet   From chain-swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat   Of pale-mouth’d prophet dreaming.

— John Keats on Prophet

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet   From chain-swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat   Of pale-mouth’d prophet dreaming." in the context of "John Keats, Ode to Psyche (wr. 1819; pub. 1820)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Keats

About John Keats

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