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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
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.
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