Anna Seward Quotes

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption.

A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen.

If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing.

Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm.

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

Not the slow Hearse, where nod the sable plumes,
The Parian Statue, bending o'er the Urn,
The dark robe floating, the dejection worn
On the dropt eye, and lip no smile illumes;
Not all this pomp of sorrow, that presumes
It pays Affection's debt, is due concern
To the FOR EVER ABSENT, tho' it mourn
Fashion's allotted time. If Time consumes,
While Life is ours, the precious vestal-flame
Memory shou'd hourly feed; - if, thro' each day,
She with whate'er we see, hear, think, or say,
Blend not the image of the vanish'd Frame,
O! can the alien Heart expect to prove,
In worlds of light and life, a reunited love!