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Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discover

Quote byAbraham Cowley · 1618–1667

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1656), Bathing in the River, st. 2.

English (original)

Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discover And not to me, thy no less silent lover?

— Abraham Cowley

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