Read full poem →Which Heaven's allegiance yields,
And, like to house-hatch'd finches, hop not free
Unless 'tween walls of wire,
Dictionary Entry
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
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Common Phrases
. finchesfinches zebrafinches housefinches galapagosfinches purplefinches groundfinches rosy
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Poetry examples for “finches”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →blossoms blowing }
Or clap my wicked hands to fright the finches from the
rowen ?
Read full poem →Which in our England wave,
And of the little finches fine
Which sang there while in Palestine
Read full poem →For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;
Read full poem →For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim:
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced--fold, fallow, and