Nurse

“The intellectual damn
Will nurse your half-hurt. Quickly you are well.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“Peace,
Dear nurse of arts, plenties, and joyful births.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“This is the TV parlor
in the best ward at Bedlam.
The night nurse is passing
out the evening pills.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)