Quote#Nature
O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted
Quote byJohn Milton · 1608–1674
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ode on the Death of a fair Infant, dying of a Cough, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
English (original)
O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.
— John Milton
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