Quote#Nature
Such cold mean flowers the spring puts forth betime
Quote byAnne Bradstreet · 1612–1672
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Of the Four Ages of Man..
English (original)
Such cold mean flowers the spring puts forth betime, Before the sun hath thoroughly heat the clime.
— Anne Bradstreet
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