| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2899 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Vaughan (16221695) |
| QUOTATION: | Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch Till the white-wingd reapers come! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Seed growing secretly. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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