Read full poem →Singeth a thrush,
And a robin sings
In the holly-bush.
Dictionary Entry
Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
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Common Phrases
hood robin. robinwilliams robinsaid robinmorgan robinrobin roundrobin said
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Poetry examples for “robin”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And crocus fires are kindling one by one:
Sing, robin, sing!
I still am sore in doubt concerning Spring.
Read full poem →Your voice is the color of a robin’s breast,
And there’s a sweet sob in it like rain--still rain in the night.
Read full poem →That, when she first arrived, we all
Wonder'd, as when a robin comes
In through the window to eat crumbs
Read full poem →That, if thou touch it, stirs in its dream dark;
And the flush'd Robin, in the evenings hoar,
Does of Love's Day, as if he saw it, sing;
Read full poem →Among the bloomless aftermath;
And heard the steadfast robin sing
As if his own warm heart were Spring.
Read full poem →malice followed the President to the Peace Table.
A Senatorial “round robin” was widely circulat-
ed. Every device which partisanship could de-
Read full poem →Clear to the forest of pine and beech at the meadow's end.
A robin on the tip of a poplar's spire
Sings to the sinking sun and the evening planet.
Read full poem →And the rapture of gardenias in your bosom.
But your voice is the voice of the robin
Singing at dawn amid new leaves.