And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offs…

Oliver Goldsmith
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And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1858). Goldsmith's Deserted village, with remarks on the analysis of sentences, exercises in parsing, notes ... and a life of the poet ... By Walter M'Leod, p.64
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