Originality
By Thomas Bailey Aldrich
No bird has ever uttered note
That was not in some first bird's throat;
Since Eden's freshness and man's fall
No rose has been original.
Source Book
Unguarded Gates: And Other Poems
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Copyright 1895
Published by Houghton, Mifflin And Company,Boston And New York
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