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5 Quotes for 'Wrens' in the Database.
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Wrens Quotes
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Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the
eagle, by getting upon his back.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: in the "Tatler", no. 224
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And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.
Author: Unattributed Author
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.
Author: Dinah Maria Mulock (used pseudonym Mrs. Craik)
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.
Author: William Shakespeare
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.
Author: William Wordsworth
Source: A Wren's Nest
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