Art thou the bird whom Man loves best,
The pious bird with the scarlet breast,
Our little English Robin;
The bird that comes about our doors
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His beautiful wings in crimson are drest, A crimson as bright as thine own: Would'st thou be happy in thy nest, O pious Bird! whom man loves best, Love him, or leave him alone! How great is the love of nature. Wordsworth is a great poet. tony
lovely poem...I have seen people who are like redbreast in this life. kudos
............love this, and so amazingly we both penned a poem on the same theme ★
There's some dark elements in this poem. The poet is questioning the Robin's motives for wanting friendship.