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“The bird let loose in Eastern skies, Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam; But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Oh that I had Wings.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 4583521076a0a6d654ae06814a5005f0495583105dcd1376f49562c6cf99df1e
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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