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ReadingWillow structured literacy program for Australian students

Stay, ruby breasted warbler, stay

John Keats·1795–1821
Lines:32Movement:Romanticism
Stay, ruby breasted warbler, stay TUNE – “Julia to the Wood Robin” 1Stay, ruby breasted warbler, stay,And let me see thy sparkling eye;Oh brush not yet the pearl strung spray,Nor bow thy pretty head to fly. 2Stay while I tell thee, fluttering thing,That thou of love an emblem art;Yes! patient plume thy little wing,Whilst I my thoughts to thee impart. 3When summer nights the dews bestow,And summer suns enrich the day,Thy notes the blossoms charm to blow,Each opes delighted at thy lay. 4So when in youth the eye’s dark glanceSpeaks pleasure from its circle bright,The tones of love our joys enhance,And make superiour each delight. 5And when bleak storms resistless rove,And ev’ry rural bliss destroy,Nought comforts then the leafless groveBut thy soft note – its only joy. 6E’en so the words of love beguile,When pleasure’s tree no longer bears,And draw a soft endearing smile,Amid the gloom of grief and tears.