Annie E. Lancaster
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A maiden is like a half-blown damask rose, fair as a dream and full of the sweet fragrance of the purity of dawning womanhood.
— Maiden
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A maiden is like a half-blown damask rose, fair as a dream and full of the sweet fragrance of the purity of dawning womanhood." in the context of "Annie E. Lancaster" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Maiden" (Quotes, A Dictionary of Similes: Reported in: Frank J. Wilstach, ed. A Dictionary of Similes (1916))
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About Maiden
A maiden or maid is a female virgin or, more broadly, merely an unmarried young woman or girl. Related terms include damsel and wench.
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