Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

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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:

Unguarded Gates: And Other Poems
Copyright 1895
Houghton, Mifflin And Company,Boston And New York
 

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