Wrens Quotes

Among the dwellings framed by birds
In field or forest with nice care,
Is none that with more

Among the dwellings framed by birds
In field or forest with nice care,
Is none that with the little wren's
In snugness may compare.

Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the
eagle, by getting upon his back.

Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the
eagle, by getting upon his back.

And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.

And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.

I took the wren's nest;--
Heaven forgive me!
Its merry architects so small
Had more

I took the wren's nest;--
Heaven forgive me!
Its merry architects so small
Had scarcely finished their wee hall,
That empty still, and nest and fair,
Hung idly in the summer air.

For the poor wren
(The most diminutive of birds) will fight,
Her young ones in her nest, more

For the poor wren
(The most diminutive of birds) will fight,
Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.