Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. P
  4. Phoebe Cary
  5. And never since harvests were ripened, / Or laborers born,...

And never since harvests were ripened, / Or laborers born, / Have men gathered figs of the thistle, / Or grapes of the thorn!

Phoebe Cary
Men, Harvest, Figs
Phoebe Cary (1868). “Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love”, p.202
And never since harvests were ripened, / Or laborers born, / Have men gathered figs of the thistle, / Or grapes of the thorn!