Thomas Campion (1567–1620) English composer, poet and physician
Cherry Ripe http://www.bartleby.com/106/91.html
“I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.”
No. 477 (6 September 1712).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
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