Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
JOHN DRYDEN
JOHN DRYDEN
John Dryden on winter
John Dryden239 quotes“Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.”
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