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Sure thou didst flourish once! and many springs, Many bright mornings, much dew, many showers, Passed o'er thy head; many light hearts and wings, Which now are dead, lodg'd in thy living bowers.
Sure thou didst flourish once! and many springs, Many bright mornings, much dew, many showers, Passed o'er thy head; many light hearts and wings, Which now are dead, lodg'd in thy living bowers.
Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- Henry Vaughan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1621–1695)
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote1952 · printed citation: HENRY VAUGHAN: The Timber.
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