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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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Dramatic scenes and characters

William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1883 - 386 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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Midsummer-night's dream. Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1884 - 434 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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Romeo and Juliet: A Tragedy in Five Acts

William Shakespeare - Juliet (Fictitious character) - 1884 - 84 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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Truths illustrated by great authors [ed. by W. White].

Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...she masked ,* with Modestie For feare she should of Lightnesse be detected. ?Ltlur. — Shakespeare. I WOULD have thee gone ; And yet no farther than a...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...
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Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet: With Illustrations

William Shakespeare - 1887 - 188 pages
...still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Juliet. '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 Concordance to the Plays of Shakespeare

William Henry Davenport Adams - English literature - 1891 - 568 pages
...region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not night. Jtom. &* Jill. ii. 2.- 1 Ibid. 1 would I were thy bird. Ibid. About the sixth hour ; when beasts most graze, birds best peck....
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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1893 - 176 pages
...still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. Jul. '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, And with a silk...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Quotations, English - 1895 - 768 pages
...his soul sail'd on, How swift his ship. Sh. Cymb. t. 4. PARTING — continued. 'Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone ; And yet no farther than a...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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The Temple Shakespeare, Volume 30

William Shakespeare - 1902 - 184 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, I So And with a...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious ..., Volume 1873

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 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, Tint lets it hop a little from her hand, And with a silk thread plucks it back again. SHAKSPEARE. Ere...
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