"The One in Red Cravat" is a delightful poetry collection containing a selection of classic poems about robins, written by various authors including William Wordsworth, John Clare, William Cowper, and many others. Coupled with beautiful colour illustrations by various classic artists, this book aims to celebrate our feathery friend, the Robin Redbreast. Featured often in British Romantic poetry and nature poetry in general, the Robin is a symbol of spring song and good fortune, often representing growth, renewal, passion, or change. The perfect gift for birdwatchers, twitchers and poetry lovers, who like to read out in the wilds.
Contents include:
Birds and Poets, an Essay by John Burroughs
The Redbreast, by John Cotton
The Petition of the Red-Breast, by William Roscoe
Epitaph on a Free but Tame Redbreast, by William Cowper
Invitation to the Redbreast, by William Cowper
The Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly, by William Wordsworth
Robin Redbreast, by George Washington Doane
To the Robin, by Charles Tennyson Turner
The Autumn Robin, by John Clare
To a Redbreast, by Hannah Flagg Gould, etc.
