"A young maiden's heart Is a rich soil, wherein lie many germs, Hid by the cunning hand of nature there To put forth blossoms in their fittest season; And tho' the love of home first breaks the soil, With its embracing tendrils clasping it, Other affections, strong and warm, will grow, While that one fades, as summer's flush of bloom Succeeds the gentle budding of the spring. Maids must be wives, and mothers, to fulfil Th' entire and holiest end of woman's being."
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Fanny Kemble, The Star of Seville (1837), act 1, sc. 1 (Petruchio loq.)
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