The season when to come, and when to go, to sing, or cease to sing, we…

Alexander Pope
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The season when to come, and when to go, to sing, or cease to sing, we never know. ✨ Alexander Pope (1839). The Poetical Works of A. Pope, Esq: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, p.353
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The season when to come, and when to go, to sing, or cease to sing, we never know. ✨ Alexander Pope (1839). The Poetical Works of A. Pope, Esq: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, p.353

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