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“And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Deserted Village. Line 167.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- c902c5eb493a1e677444f30e79efb2ad78ed570e3d3d2affbf05d5d093a9e928
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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