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Quotes by Lady M. W. Montagu
In part she is to blame that has been tried : He comes too late that comes to be denied.— filed under Temptation
See how that pair of billing doves With open murmurs own their loves And, heedless of censorious eyes, Pursue their unpolluted joys: No fears of future want molest The downy quiet of their nest.— filed under Birds-Dove
The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say; Stops every fool that passes by, And frights the school-boy from his play.— filed under Birds-Owl
But the fruit that can fall without shaking, Indeed is too mellow for me.— filed under Fruits