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" ART thou the bird whom Man loves best, The pious bird with the scarlet breast, Our little English Robin ; The bird that comes about our doors When Autumn winds are sobbing... "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 325
1882
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Selections from Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - English literature - 1889 - 468 pages
...days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. THE REDBREAST CHASING THE BUTTERFLY. 1802. — 1807. ' ART thou the bird whom Man loves best, The pious bird...Thomas in Finland, And Russia far inland? The bird that by some name or other All men who know thee call their brother, 10 The darling of children and...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth, John Morley - 1889 - 1152 pages
...REDBREAST CHASING THE BUTTERFLY Observed, as described, in the then beautiful orchard, Town-end, Grasmere. ART thou the bird whom Man loves best, The pious bird...scarlet breast, Our little English Robin ; The bird that conies about our doors When Autumn-winds are sobbing? Art thou the Peter of Norway Boors ? Their Thomas...
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A Hardy Norseman

Edna Lyall - Courtship - 1889 - 444 pages
...was little and plump, had had a brisk, cheerful way of moving about which somehow recalled to one — The bird that comes about our doors When autumn winds are sobbing, The Peter of Norway boors, Their Thomas in Finland, And Russia far inland, The bird, who by some name...
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Good Words, Volume 30

English periodicals - 1889 - 922 pages
...little and plump and had a brisk, cheerful way of moving about which somehow recalled to one — " The bird that comes about our doors When autumn winds are sobbing, The Peter of Norway boors. Their Thomas in Finland, And Kussia far inland. The bird, who by some name...
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Lectures on Language and Linguistic Method in the School

Simon Somerville Laurie - Language and languages - 1890 - 202 pages
...I need not quote. Then Wordsworth's " Robin " — "Art thou the bird whom man loves best, The sweet bird with the scarlet breast Our little English robin — The bird that comes about our door When autumn winds are sobbing? ***** The bird that by some name or other All men who know thee...
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The English Lake District as Interpreted in the Poems of Wordsworth

William Angus Knight, William Wordsworth - Lake District (England) - 1891 - 302 pages
...Here, too, in the arbour he watched the Redbreast chasing the Butterfly ', on which he wrote the lines. Art thou the bird whom Man loves best, The pious bird...comes about our doors When autumn winds are sobbing? etc. and those addressed to The Kitten and the falling Leaves, sporting with them as they fell from...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1892 - 362 pages
...all the self -same bent Where life is wise and innocent. XV. THE EEDBEEAST CHASING THE BUTTEEFLY. AKT thou the bird whom Man loves best, The pious bird with the scarlet breast, Our little English Eobin ; The bird that comes about our doors When Autumn-winds are sobbing ? 5 Art thou the Peter of...
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Poems of Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1892 - 390 pages
...young; Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now. THE REDBREAST AND BUTTERFLY. ART thou the Bird whom Man loves best, The pious Bird with the scarlet breast, Art thou the Peter of Norway boors? Their Thomas in Finland, And Russia far inland? The Bird, who by...
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Lectures on Language and Linguistic Method in the School

Simon Somerville Laurie - Language and languages - 1893 - 232 pages
...I need not quote. Then Wordsworth's "Eobin:" — "Art thou the bird whom man loves best, The sweet bird with the scarlet breast, Our little English Robin...comes about our doors When autumn winds are sobbing? The bird that by some name or other All men who know thee call thee brother?" Keble's " Book of Nature,"...
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Animals' Friend

1896 - 254 pages
...all enjoy the personal care and supervision of their loving little mistress. Miss FLORENCE HARRIS. " Art thou the bird whom man loves best, The pious bird...comes about our doors, When autumn winds are sobbing ? " — WORDSWORTH. A PROTEST FROM OUIDA HE following recital is sent to me by a lady resident at Whitby...
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