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    A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
    [A feather in hand is better than a bird in the air.]

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To warm their little loves the birds complain.

To warm their little loves the birds complain.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Birds Quotes,
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Fish got to swim and birds got to fly
I got to love one man till I die,
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Fish got to swim and birds got to fly
I got to love one man till I die,
Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.

by Oscar Hammerstein Ii Found in: Birds Quotes,
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You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

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Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.

Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.

by John Heywood Found in: Birds Quotes,
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Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray,
With joyous musick wake the dawning day.

Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray,
With joyous musick wake the dawning day.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Birds Quotes,
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The nightingale has a lyre of gold,
The lark's is a clarion call,
And the blackbird plays read more

The nightingale has a lyre of gold,
The lark's is a clarion call,
And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute,
But I love him best of all.
For his song is all the joy of life,
And we in the mad spring weather,
We two have listened till he sang
Our hearts and lips together.

by William Ernest Henley Found in: Birds Quotes,
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I heard a bird so sing,
Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.

I heard a bird so sing,
Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Birds Quotes,
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A rare bird upon the earth, and exceedingly like a black swan.
[Lat., Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima read more

A rare bird upon the earth, and exceedingly like a black swan.
[Lat., Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno.]

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Birds of a feather will gather together.

Birds of a feather will gather together.

by Robert Burton Found in: Birds Quotes,
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