Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan (wr. 1797; pub. 1816)
“
A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
— Maiden
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora." in the context of "Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan (wr. 1797; pub. 1816)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Maiden" (Quotes)
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About Maiden
A maiden or maid is a female virgin or, more broadly, merely an unmarried young woman or girl. Related terms include damsel and wench.
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