"So have I heard / The captive finch, in narrow cage confin'd, / Charm all his woe away with cheerful song, / Which might have melted e'en a heart of steel / To give him liberty"
The Village Curate
7 entries in ESTC (1788, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1797).<br>
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See <u>The Village Curate, A Poem</u> (London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1788). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T54029">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;