So Robin Redbreastand Jenny Wren were married, amid great rejoicings, at the King's Palace; and the King and Queen and all the fine Nobles and Court Ladies danced at their wedding.
So the little Robin Redbreast flew away once more, and never rested till he came to a bonnie valley with a little burn running through it, and there he saw a rosy-cheeked boy sitting on a log eating a piece of bread and butter.
And as she was walking down the burnside she saw a little Robin Redbreast hopping up and down on the branches of a briar bush.
A new idea seemed to occur to Imbrie; he said in English: "I'll take the redbreast for my servant.
Even a redbreast couldn't last two weeks in the bush.
It'll be a novelty to have a redbreast for a servant.
Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade, Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he was afraid.
There she saw a wee Robin Redbreast hopping on a brier bush.
Illustration: Decoration] JENNY WREN fell sick, Upon a merry time; In came Robin-Redbreast And brought her sops and wine.
On the morning of this day Robin Redbreast sat upon a little naked hillock outside of Jerusalem's walls, and sang to his young ones, who rested in a tiny nest in a brier bush.
Robin Redbreast twisted and turned in all directions as he viewed himself in the mirror of a clear lake, but he couldn't find a single red feather.
Even the first Robin Redbreast met one day another bird exactly like himself, and he began immediately to love it with such a mighty love that he could feel his breast burn.
The first Robin Redbreast fought bravely with other birds, until his breast flamed with the pride of conquest.
But our Lord only smiled a little and said: "I have called you Robin Redbreast, and Robin Redbreast shall your name be, but you must look to it that you yourself earn your red breast feathers.
Robin Redbreast followed the whole spectacle with his eyes, which grew big with terror.
Are thoroughly Shakespearean, while such lines as-- "A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage .
The redbreast flew up, chattering, and the daisies in the grass before him seemed suddenly to be staring at Johannes in great alarm with their white, wide-open eyes.
The littleredbreast went with them--flying from branch to branch, and peering at them with its shining little black eyes.
A springtime night is the proper time, and Robin Redbreast knows the way.
The next day he asked the redbreast if he knew the way to the golden chest.
A robin redbreast sat beside his ear, mournfully and patiently coaxing, coaxing incessantly, in the vague hope that he might still hear.
The little redbreast sat in a linden hedge and peered at him.
Tis the next way to turn tailor or be redbreast teacher.
Bishop Percy asks, "Is this an allusion to the 'Babes in the Wood,' or was the notion of the redbreast covering dead bodies general before the writing of that ballad?
The robin and the wren are mentioned together in several custom rhymes, some of which mention other birds also:-- The robin redbreast and the wren Are God's cock and hen.
Again, the robin redbreast was sacrificially eaten in France at Le Charme, Loiret, on Candlemas, that is on February the first (Ro.
Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men.
Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men.
In rigorous hours, when down the iron lane The redbreast looks in vain For hips and haws, Lo, shining flowers upon my window-pane The silver pencil of the winter draws.
To the crested lark, in the Ornithes of Aristophanes, the name of king is given, and the same virtue of funereal charity is attributed to it which we have already seen in the redbreast of winter, in the stork, and in the crested whoop.
Now one morning when the coast was clear, the boys killed the little Redbreast and pulled off his head.
Redbreast is really the name of the English bird, and Robin is perhaps a term of endearment added to the name Redbreast.
The Robin Redbreast of Britain is regarded with affection by all English children.
What the wood-pigeon was to Horace, the robin-redbreast has been to the children of old England.
Myths of the Robin Redbreastin Early English Poetry.
Such was the origin of the first robin-redbreast (440.
Robert Fletcher (447) has shown to what extent the redbreastfigures in early English poetry, and the belief in his pious care for the dead and for children is found in Germany, Brittany, and other parts of the continent of Europe.
And ever since, Robin Redbreast has continued to come and build his nest close to the lodges of men, for Robin Redbreastis a friend to man.
The wind was at peace, and its soft stir among the budding leaves mingled with song of redbreast and love-pipe of the throstles.
If I thought Robin Redbreast would be looking out for another housekeeper so soon after my death he would not have such a good wife as he has to-day.
A Robin Redbreast hopped along the shore, picking up a few pebbles, for the poor thing has to wear her false teeth in her stomach, as it were, having no teeth in her head with which to chew her food.
Call for the robin redbreastand the wren Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "redbreast" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
