 | John Critchley Prince - 1851 - 302 páginas
...pensive ear, And gives the heart no pain. The Robin is the Poet's bird, Poetic is his name, And British minstrels, not a few, Have linked him with their fame ; Poor Robin Bloomfield spake his praise, As elce did Robin Burns, And Redbreast sings a requiem Above their honoured urns. The Robin is a welcome... | |
 | Will Carleton - 1910 - 828 páginas
...pensive ear, arid gives the heart no pain. The Robin is the Poet's bird; poetic is his name, And mortal minstrels, not a few have linked him with their fame;...Robin Burns, And Redbreast sings a requiem above their honored urns. The Robin is a welcome bird; when fiost is creeping round, When snow-wreaths wrap the... | |
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... The Robin is a patient bird, for in the sternest hour His grateful anthem gushes forth with most consoling power, And though a touch of sadness seems to mingle with the strain, Tis such as suits the pensive ear, and gives the heart no pain. The Robin... 