"Is chasten'd Love, depriv'd of wings
(On the Aphorism by Charlotte Smith)

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On The Aphorism
by Charlotte Smith 
 
'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.