A robin redbreast in a cage

Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 5.

English (original)

A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all Heaven in a rage.

— William Blake

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