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We wove a web in childhood, A web of sunny air; We dug a spring in infancy Of water pure… — Charlotte Bronte

Poem

We wove a web in childhood, A web of sunny air; We dug a spring in infancy Of water pure and fair; We sowed in youth a mustard seed, We cut an almond rod; We are now grown up to riper age — Are they withered in the sod?

Charlotte Bronte
1835
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Other tags relating to this quote
Topic
AgingYouthImpermanenceEffects of time
Statement type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Medium
Poem
Time
1835
Person
Charlotte Bronte
Provenance
Current citation
Brontë, Charlotte. "From 'Retrospection.'" Brontës: Selected Poems, edited by Pamela Norris. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.
Original citation
Brontë, Charlotte. "We wove a web in childhood." 1835.

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