Read full poem →Between the rougher voices of the men,
Like linnets in the pauses of the wind :
And here I give the story and the songs.
Dictionary Entry
A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “linnets”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Well-hedged, and honoured by a few ash-trees
That linnets, greenfinches, and goldfinches
Shall often visit and make love in and flit:
Read full poem →With the young ashen boughs, 'gainst which it rests,
And th' half seen mossiness of linnets' nests.
Ah! shall I ever tell its cruelty,
Read full poem →Chequers with chestnut blooms the grassy floor,
Where thrushes never sing, and piping linnets mate no more,