Quote#Love
O fairest of the feather’d train!
Quote byRichard Jago · 1715–1781
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Blackbirds", st. 3.
English (original)
O fairest of the feather’d train! For whom I sing, for whom I burn, Attend with pity to my strain, And grant my love a kind return.
— Richard Jago
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