A female mind like a rude fallow lies;
No seed is sown, but weeds spontaneous rise.
As well might we expect, in winter, spring,
As land untilled a fruitful crop should bring.


'An Epistle to Mr Pope. Occasioned by his Characters of Women' in the Gentleman's Magazine (1736)

Anne Ingram Quotes

A female mind like a rude fallow lies; No seed is sown, but weeds spontaneous rise. As well might we expect, in winter, spring, As land untilled a...

A female mind like a rude fallow lies; No seed is sown, but weeds spontaneous rise. As well might we expect, in winter, spring, As land untilled a...

A female mind like a rude fallow lies; No seed is sown, but weeds spontaneous rise. As well might we expect, in winter, spring, As land untilled a...

A female mind like a rude fallow lies; No seed is sown, but weeds spontaneous rise. As well might we expect, in winter, spring, As land untilled a...