The heart like a bird to its nestling will fly, / And when by the weight of a parent its bending, / Yet wishes while constant to break and to die. / Like a bird in a snare, of its freedom bereft, / Still hoping and wishing releasement again, / 'Till clos'd in the cage the flutterer is left / To pant and to sigh for its freedom in vain."
The Heroine of Love, a Musical Piece of Three Acts
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1778).<br>
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James Robertson, The Heroine of Love, a Musical Piece of Three Acts (York: W. Blanchard, 1778). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T117783">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=HJkNAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;