Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born; Relive my languish, and restore the light.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the desire for rest and rejuvenation amidst suffering and darkness.
In this quote, Samuel Daniel personifies Sleep as a comforting entity that emerges from the darkness of night, symbolizing a reprieve from earthly struggles. The speaker pleads for Sleep to alleviate their suffering and bring back the light of hope, highlighting the profound connection between rest, healing, and the human experience of despair.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about mental health and the importance of rest.
Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born, Relieve my languish and restore the light; With dark forgetting of my care return. And let the day be time enough to mourn The shipwreck of my ill adventured youth: Let waking eyes suffice to wail their scorn Without the torment of the night's untruth.
Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
The world is sown with good; but unless I turn my glad thoughts into practical living and till my own field. I cannot reap a kernel of the good.
Nothing will stifle your human evolution more than fame and fortune.
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.
There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.
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