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A secret in his mouth, Is like a wild bird put into a cage, Whose door no sooner opens, but 't is out.
A secret in his mouth, Is like a wild bird put into a cage, Whose door no sooner opens, but 't is out.
Approximate author period: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
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- Ben Jonson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote1616 · printed citation: BEN JONSON: Case is Altered, Act iii., Sc. 3
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