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ROBIN REDBREAST. 



" Good-by, good-by to summer, 

 For summer's nearly done ; 

 The garden smiling faintly, 

 Cool breezes in the sun ; 

 The thrushes now are silent. 

 Our swallows flown away. 

 But Robin's here in coat of brown, 

 And scarlet breast-knot gay. 

 Robin, Robin Redbreast, 



O Robin dear ! 

 Robin sings so sweetly 



In the falling of the year ! " 



The English Robin Redbreast. — This bird 

 is very popular in Europe, particularly in England, 

 being lively and very handsome. He is easily 

 tamed, so as to be let out of his cage, and play 

 about a room. 



He has, by fearless conduct, earned golden opin- 

 ions from all classes of men. Every nation seems 



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