Quote#Wisdom
Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly
Quote byHenry Constable · 1562–1613
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: England's Helicon (1592), "Damelus' Song of His Diaphenia", l. 1.
English (original)
Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly.
— Henry Constable
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