Anna Letitia Barbauld
Anna Letitia Barbauld
Anna Laetitia Barbauldwas a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and children's author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth20 June 1743
travel sorry eggs
Nobody ought to be too old to improve: I should be sorry if I was; and I flatter myself I have already improved considerably by my travels. First, I can swallow gruel soup, egg soup, and all manner of soups, without making faces much. Secondly, I can pretty well live without tea ...
time aging easy
Time deals gently with me; and though I feel that I descend, the slope is easy ...
time pride dust
And when midst fallen London, they survey The stone where Alexander's ashes lay, Shall own with humbled pride the lesson must By Time's slow finger written in the dust.