Quote#Wisdom
I have found out a gift for my fair
Quote byWilliam Shenstone · 1714–1763
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Works, Vol. I: Verse (1764), "A Pastoral Ballad" (1743), Part II: Hope; p. 192..
English (original)
I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed.
— William Shenstone
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