Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs Attracts his slender feet. London Published by W.Darton Jun. 58 Holborn Hill. July 23 2016. AND OTHER SMALL BIRDS, SELECTED FROM THE BRITISH POETS, FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE. BY JOSEPH TAYLOR, Compiler of the General Character of the Dog, Wonders of For song melodious, and for plumage gay, LONDON: PRINTED AND SOLD BY WILLIAM DARTON, Jun, TALES ОР THE ROBIN. A SINGULAR story is told of a ROBIN REDBREAST, who, for fifteen years, inhabited the Cathedral of Bristol, and received its subsistence from the hands of the verger. During the time of divine service, it usually perched upon one of the mitres of the organ, and accompanied the solemnity with offering up its harmonious praise. The following elegant Lines were written by a Member of that Church on this little Chorister. SWEET Social Bird! whose soft harmonious lays Swell the glad song of thy Creator's praise, Say, art thou conscious of approaching ills, Fell Winter's storms, the pointed blast that kills |