birken
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of birken
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at birk, -en 2
Example Sentences
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O weary winter soon will pass, And spring will cleed the birken shaw: clothe, birch woods And my young babie will be born, And he'll be hame that's far awa.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan
I'll visit aft the birken bush Where first thou kindly tauld me Sweet tales o' love, and hid my blush, Whilst round thou didst infauld me.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
Fare thee well, my native cot, Bothy of the birken tree!
From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Sweet, oh, sweet! with Mary o'er the wilds to stray, When Glensmole is dress'd in all the pride of May; And, when weary roving through the greenwood glade, Softly to recline beneath the birken shade.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
V. O weary Winter soon will pass, And spring will cleed the birken shaw; And my young babie will be born, And he’ll be hame that’s far awa.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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