No bird has ever uttered note
That was not in some first bird's throat;
Since Eden's freshness and man's fall
No rose has been original.
Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary, by Donald O. Bolander, 1979.
-- Thomas Bailey Aldrich, (Nov 11 1836-1907), US poet, writer, editor; He was best known for his semi-autobiographical novel, Story of a Bad Boy, 1870.