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

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.

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

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

And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.

And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.