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Finds often, when it needs,
That words are of as little worth
As just so many weeds.
Lines 5-6: "The heart, a pilgrim upon earth, Finds often, when it needs ,"
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Meaning: The heart is like a pilgrim (a traveller) on earth . Often, when the heart needs help , it finds something out.
Lines 7-8: "That words are of as little worth As just so many weeds ."
Important words
Meaning: It finds that words have almost no value – they are as useless as weeds .
"The heart, a pilgrim upon earth, Finds often, when it needs,"
(The heart is like a pilgrim (a traveller) on earth. Often, when the heart needs help, it finds something out.)
"That words are of as little worth As just so many weeds."
(It finds that words have almost no value – they are as useless as weeds.)
Overall meaning: The poet compares the heart to a pilgrim on a long journey . When the heart truly needs comfort, it often finds that words are worthless, like useless weeds . So words fail us when we need them most.
