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The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith.

The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Swans Quotes,
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We bodged again, as I have been a swan
With bootless labor swim against the tide
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We bodged again, as I have been a swan
With bootless labor swim against the tide
And spend her strength with overmatching waves.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Swans Quotes,
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The stately-sailing swan
Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale;
And, arching proud his neck, with read more

The stately-sailing swan
Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale;
And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet
Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle,
Protective of his young.

by James Thomson (1) Found in: Swans Quotes,
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Thus does the white swan, as he lies on the wet grass, when the
Fates summon him, sing at read more

Thus does the white swan, as he lies on the wet grass, when the
Fates summon him, sing at the fords of Maeander.

by John Milton Found in: Swans Quotes,
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The swan, like the soul of the poet,
By the dull world is ill understood.

The swan, like the soul of the poet,
By the dull world is ill understood.

by Heinrich Heine Found in: Swans Quotes,
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All our geese are swans.

All our geese are swans.

by Robert Burton Found in: Swans Quotes,
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The dying swan, when years her temples pierce,
In music-strains breathes out her life and verse,
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The dying swan, when years her temples pierce,
In music-strains breathes out her life and verse,
And, chanting her own dirge, tides on her wat'ry hearse.

by Phineas Fletcher Found in: Swans Quotes,
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I will play the swan,
And die in music.

I will play the swan,
And die in music.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Swans Quotes,
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself
the singer of its own dirge.

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself
the singer of its own dirge.

by Marcus Valerius Martial Found in: Swans Quotes,
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