| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 115. Robin Redbreast |
| | | By George Washington Doane |
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| SWEET Robin, I have heard them say | |
| That thou wert there upon the day | |
| The Christ was crowned in cruel scorn | |
| And bore away one bleeding thorn,— | |
| That so the blush upon thy breast, | 5 |
| In shameful sorrow, was impressed; | |
| And thence thy genial sympathy | |
| With our redeemed humanity. | |
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| Sweet Robin, would that I might be | |
| Bathed in my Saviour’s blood, like thee; | 10 |
| Bear in my breast, whate’er the loss, | |
| The bleeding blazon of the cross; | |
| Live ever, with thy loving mind, | |
| In fellowship with human kind; | |
| And take my pattern still from thee, | 15 |
| In gentleness and constancy. | |
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