Robin Redbreast : : By William Allingham. Good-by, good-by to Summer!
For Summer’s nearly done;
The garden smiling faintly,
Cool breezes in the sun;
Our thrushes now are silent,
Our swallows flown away,—
But Robin’s here in coat of brown,
And scarlet brestknot gay.
Robin, Robin Redbreast,
O Robin dear!
Robin sings so sweetly
In the falling of the year.
Bright yellow, red, and orange,
The leaves come down in hosts;
The trees are Indian princes,
But soon they’ll turn to ghosts;
The leathery pears and apples
Hang russet on the bough;
It’s autumn, autumn, autumn late,
‘T will soon be winter now.
Robin, Robin Redbreast,
O Robin dear!
And what will this poor Robin do?
For pinching days are near.
The fireside for the cricket,
The wheat stack for the mouse,
When trembling night winds whistle
And moan all round the house.
The frosty ways like iron,
The branches plumed with snow,—
Alas! in winter dead and dark,
Where can poor Robin go?
Robin, Robin Redbreast,
O Robin dear!
And a crumb of bread for Robin,
His little heart to cheer.
“Robin Redbreast”, A Bird Poem by William Allingham is About conversation with Robin in Autumn 🍂 🍁 time, by The Poet Speaker who informs the bird that it will soon be “Winter when the trembling night – winds whistle” and in disapproval and disfavour “moan around all the house”, Meaning, it indicates pain, discomfort and displeasure. The cricket will have a fireside and tha mouse will have wheat stack. But the Robin has no such stocks, and a Search of worms will be difficult. The branches of the trees plumed with snow, that is covered with snow as like plums appear all along the branches. The “pinching days” would be like dead and dark 🌑 in Winter.Then where can poor Robin go ? 🕶️ 🕶️ And so a “crumb of bread” 🍞 only available at a time for dear Robin to “cheer with its little ❤️ heart”
“Robin RedBreast”, A Bird Poem by William Allingham Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India October 22, 2023 : : : : : : : :
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