Quote#Wisdom
No bush shall boast in all the grove
Quote byRichard Jago · 1715–1781
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Blackbirds", st. 13.
English (original)
No bush shall boast in all the grove So fond a mate, so blest a wife.
— Richard Jago
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With leaden foot Time creeps along While Delia is away: With her, nor plaintive was the song, Nor tedious was the day.Ah, envious Pow’r! reverse my doom; Now double thy career, Strain ev’ry nerve, stretch ev’ry plume,
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So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
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