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" Tis almost morning. I would have thee gone; And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty. "
Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments ... - Page 16
by Joseph Addison - 1797
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In Silk Attire: A Novel, Volume 1

William Black - America - 1869 - 280 pages
...art gave her ; and when at last Juliet had forced herself to the parting — " 'Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone : And yet no farther than a wanton's bird ; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. JUL. 'T is almost morning ; ge excitement that the coming years would yield, ; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...And placed a quire of such enticing birds, That she will 'light to listen to their lays. SHAKSPEARE. I would have thee gone, And yet no farther than a...wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, And with a silk thread plucks it back again. SHAKSPEARE. Ere the bat hath flown His cloister'd flight....
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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia and Lucilius: Literally Translated ...

Juvenal, Sulpicia - 1876 - 588 pages
...not fit, we must don the fox's." 3 Funenupie reduco. Shakspeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act ii . sc.. 1. "I would have thee gone, And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...And placed a quire of such enticing birds, That she will 'light to listen to their lays. SHAKSPEARE. I would have thee gone, And yet no farther than a...wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, And »-iih a silk thread plucks it back a^ain. SHAKSPEARE. Ere the bat hath flown His cloister'd flijht....
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The plays and poems of William Shakespeare, ed. by J.P. Collier, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1878 - 630 pages
...still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Jul. Tis almost morning; I would have thee gone ; And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk...
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Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - Juliet (fictitious character)--Drama - 1879 - 238 pages
...stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Juliet. 'T is almost morning ; I would have thee gone, And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, 180 And with a silk...
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The gallery of British artists, Issue 178, Volume 1

John Sherer - 1879 - 322 pages
...still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other house but this. Jul. 'Tis almost morning : I would have thee gone ; And yet no farther than a wanton's bird ; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...on, How swift his ship. Sh. Cymb. l. 4. PARTINO— continuaf. 'Tis almost morning, I would have thec gone ; And yet no farther than a wanton's bird; That lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in its twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his...
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Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1881 - 236 pages
...stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Juliet. 'T is almost morning ; I would have thee gone, And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, 180 And with a silk...
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