wood-robin

They affect us like translations; the very fauna and flora are alien, remote; the dog's-tooth violet is but an ill substitute for the rathe primrose, nor can we ever believe that the wood-robin sings as sweetly in April as the English thrush.

The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling 1900

They affect us like translations; the very fauna and flora are alien, remote; the dog's-tooth violet is but an ill substitute for the rathe primrose, nor can we ever believe that the wood-robin sings as sweetly in April as the English thrush.

Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900

The clear concerts of the frogs ring loudly out from marsh and lake, and at this season alone is heard the lay of the wood-robin, and the blackbird.

Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America Frederick 1845

Like the chirping of the wood-robin murmured their tuneful voices,

Man of Uz, and Other Poems Lydia Howard Sigourney 1828

They affect us like translations; the very fauna and flora are alien, remote; the dog's-tooth violet is but an ill substitute for the rathe primrose, nor can we ever believe that the wood-robin sings as sweetly in April as the English thrush. "

The Seven Seas Rudyard Kipling 1900