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He that hath found some fledged bird’s nest may know At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now That is to him unknown.
He that hath found some fledged bird’s nest may know At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now That is to him unknown.
Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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- Henry Vaughan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1621–1695)
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 84 · printed citation: Henry Vaughan (Friends Departed). · compiler notes excluded
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