The poetical works of William Lisle Bowles ... with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan |
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THE ROBIN REDBREAST.
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Poor Robin sits and sings aloneWhen showers of driving sleet,
By the cold winds of winter blown,
The cottage casement beat.
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Come, let him share our chimney nook,And dry his dripping wing;
See, little Mary shuts her book,
And cries, “Poor Robin, sing!”
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Methinks I hear his faint reply:When cowslips deck the plain,
The lark shall carol in the sky,
And I shall sing again.
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But in the cold and wintry day,To you I owe a debt,
That in the sunshine of the May
I never can forget!
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