SONNET TO A ROBIN-RED-BREAST. Hester Mulso Chapone Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T116245 1136 K093079.003 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 p. 275. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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SONNET TO A ROBIN-RED-BREAST . BY MISS M—O. DEAR , social bird , that oft with fearless love Giv'st thy soft form to man's protective care , Pleas'd , when rude tempests vex the ruffled air , For the warm roof to leave the naked grove . Kindest , and last of Summer's tuneful train , Ah ! do not yet give o'er thy plaintive lay , But charm mild Zephyr to a longer stay , And oft renew thy sweetly-parting strain . So when rough Winter frowns with brow severe , And chilling blasts shall strip the sheltering trees ; When meagre Want that shivering frame shall seize , And Death , with dart uplifted , hover near ; My grateful hand the liberal crumbs shall give , My bosom warm thee , and my kiss revive .