Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Innocence Quotes
Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, (line 1)
Transience Quotes
Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, (line 2)
Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes
Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: (lines 3-4)
Sex Quotes
Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, (line 1)
Art and Culture Quotes
Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: (lines 2-4)