Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROBIN REDBREAST, by GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet robin, I have heard them say Last Line: In gentleness and constancy. Subject(s): Robins | ||||||||
SWEET Robin, I have heard them say That thou wert there upon the day The Christ was crowned in cruel scorn And bore away one bleeding thorn,-- That so the blush upon thy breast, In shameful sorrow, was impressed; And thence thy genial sympathy With our redeemed humanity. Sweet Robin, would that I might be Bathed in my Saviour's blood, like thee; Bear in my breast, whate'er the loss, The bleeding blazon of the cross: Live ever, with thy loving mind, In fellowship with human kind; And take my pattern still from thee, In gentleness and constancy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ROBIN IN JANUARY by HENRY CHARLES BEECHING OWL AGAINST ROBIN by SIDNEY LANIER HUMAN, AVIAN, VEGETABLE, BLOOD by KENNETH REXROTH THE BROWN VEST by BARBARA GUEST A ROBIN by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ROBIN REDBREAST by STANLEY JASSPON KUNITZ EVENING by GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE |
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