Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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If I mention love's devoted flame,

Thou say'st I speak too boldly.

How shall I woo?

A friendship that like love is warm;

A love like friendship, steady.

How shall I woo?

The bird let loose in Eastern skies,

Returning fondly home,

Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies

Where idle warblers roam;