Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the eagle, by getting upon his back.

Unattributed Author Quotes , Source: in the "Tatler", no. 224

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And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.

Unattributed Author Quotes , Source: in the "Tatler", no. 224

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I took the wren's nest;-- Heaven forgive me! Its merry architects so small Had scarcely finished their wee hall, That empty still, and nest and fair, Hung idly in the summer air.

Dinah Maria Mulock (used pseudonym Mrs. Craik) Quotes , Source: The Wren's Nest

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For the poor wren (The most diminutive of birds) will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.

William Shakespeare Quotes , Source: Macbeth (Lady Macduff at IV, ii)

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Among the dwellings framed by birds In field or forest with nice care, Is none that with the little wren's In snugness may compare.

William Wordsworth Quotes , Source: A Wren's Nest

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