2004
Two Birds: The Robin
Composed by 
Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie Text by 
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson Winter Roses Song Collection
The Robin is the second song from the Two Birds section of Jake Heggie's Winter Roses song cycle. The original poem was written by Emily Dickinson
Text
“The Robin”
By Emily Dickinson
The robin is the one
That interrupts the morn
With hurried, few, express reports
When March is scarcely on.
The robin is the one
That overflows the noon
With her cherubic quantity,
An April but begun.
The robin is the one
That speechless from her nest
Submits that home and certainty
And sanctity are best.