"'A Robin Redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.'"
And his dear looked at him in all his imperturbable, complacent self-consciousness of kindness, and saw herself the little rural school-teacher who, with Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Lord Byron as her idols, and with the dream of herself writing "Poems of Passion," had come up to Topeka Town to be beaten by the game into marrying the solid, substantial business man beside her, who enjoyed delight in the spectacle of cats and rats walking the tight-rope in amity, and who was blissfully unaware that she was the Robin Redbreast in a cage that put all heaven in a rage.
A seal-skin sack, cap, and mittens, with a glimpse of scarlet at the throat, and the pretty curls tied up with a bright velvet of the same colour, completed the external adornment, making her look like a
robin redbreast wintry, yet warm.
He's a
robin redbreast an' they're th' friendliest, curiousest birds alive.
He is still not fully formed as a
Robin Redbreast of lore, but he has gradually changed and is looking big and healthy.
This was no exception although the wee
robin redbreast in his poem at the end didn't think so much of him.
Try to imagine you are a toaster, or a toilet, or a
Robin Redbreast - what would you say?" And he has a final piece of advice: "Read out your poem to someone and see if they laugh or are interested.
Exploring myth, magic, and landscape, he discusses stories based on Arthurian legend and Celtic mythology, such as Gawain and the Green Knight, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Excalibur, The Owl Service, and Children of the Stones; the legend of Tristan and Isolde in film; stories of sacrificial nature worship and ancient magical practices in Eye of the Devil, The Wicker Man, and
Robin Redbreast; witchcraft in productions like The City of the Dead, Night of the Eagle, Witchcraft, The Witches, Theatre of Death, Witchfinder General, Blood on SatanAEs Claw, Wakewood, and Murrain; the theme of Pan in The Devil Rides Out; classical mythology in The Gorgon and Clash of the Titans; fairies in Photographing Fairies; and the subversive aspect of pagan culture in PendaAEs Fen.
Opened in the cramped premises on Leazes Lane, which was until recently occupied by Chili Padi (the two share an owner), the walls are covered with baffling murals, one of the Angel of the North alongside London's Gherkin building and a
robin redbreast being a personal favourite.
A BABY otter is enjoying the festive season cuddling up to a new pal - a stuffed
robin redbreast.
His aircraft, known as the Robin Goch (
Robin Redbreast), is now preserved in the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea.
robin redbreast - small Old World songbird with a reddish breast