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Then Bless Thy Secret Growth, Nor Catch At Noise, But Thrive Unseen And Dumb
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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-wing'd reapers come!
-- Henry Vaughan (1621-1695)
-- The Seed growing secretly
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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
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So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book xi, Line 535...