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Charlotte Smith - On The Aphorism
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"L`Amitié est l`Amour sans ailes." 
FRIENDSHIP, as some sage poet sings, 
Is chasten`d Love, depriv`d of wings, 
Without all wish or power to wander; 
Less volatile, but not less tender: 
Yet says the proverbs­"Sly and slow 
"Love creeps, even where he cannot go;" 
To clip his pinions then is vain, 
His old propensities remain; 
  
And she, who years beyond fifteen, 
Has counted twenty, may have seen 
How rarely unplum`d Love will stay; 
He flies not­but he coolly walks away.
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