Robin/birds

Famous quotes containing the words robin and/or birds:

“A Robin Redbreast in a cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“The air deals blows: surely too hard, too often?
No: it is bent on bringing summer down.
Dead leaves desert in thousands, outwards, upwards,
Numerous as birds; but the birds fly away....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)