Natural heart's ivy, Patience masks Our ruins of wrecked past purpose.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hopkins personifies patience as a covering for past failures, helping heal emotional wounds.
- In plain terms
- Patience covers up our past mistakes and failures like ivy.
- What can you take from it?
- Patience helps heal past emotional damage.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does patience help after failure?
- What covers our mistakes?
Another view
It may suggest passivity rather than active resolution.
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