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Quote by Thomas Warton
Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers.
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The speaker rejects the idea that the paths of ancient times are harsh or empty. Though these ways are old and winding, they are “strown with flowers,” suggesting that the past contains beauty, richness, and things worth discovering. Age does not make a path barren; it may instead give it depth and value.
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- The Three Wartons: A Choice of Their Verse (Google Books)
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