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.
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In Education all the Diff'rence lies:
... A Female Mind like a rude Fallow lies,
Thorns there—& Thistles—all spontaneous rise.
... Culture improves all Soils.
Variants
in BL, Add. MS 28101, fol. 100v; reported in the ODNB, online ed. (2008)