Time’s stern tide, with cold Oblivion’s wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm. – Anna Seward
Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain. – Anna Seward
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. – Anna Seward
Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. – Anna Seward
Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness. – Anna Seward
To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson! – Anna Seward