英语词汇“whippoorwill”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

The coughing was the saddest sound that Edward had ever heard, sadder even than the mournful call of the whippoorwill. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Though it was the wrong season for whippoorwills. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you have ever been within forty feet of a whippoorwill, you will under-stand why I couldn’t even shut my eyes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this time of evening, at this season, in the old days, the whippoorwills would fly in and we would hear them singing in the pine trees, sometimes so loudly they kept us awake. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

From across the road a bird sang “Whippoorwill, whippoorwill!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I curled up in a ball and was almost asleep when a whippoorwill called. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon he let his thoughts return to the river, and as he lay there a whippoorwill began to sing on the opposite shore, darkness spread over the land, and Stuart dropped off to sleep. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes one or the other would vaguely remember having heard a whippoorwill call somewhere in the woods, close by, late at night. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whippoorwill sang out over and over again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

It has thundering piano ostinatos and hummingbird accordion solos, all done incredibly fast, the vocals sometimes reduced to whippoorwill noises and crazed laughter. Playlist: CDs by People, Places & Things, and Anibal Velasquez 2010-04-30T19:54:00Z

Oh, it’s so lonely here without you, when the whippoorwills are singing in the pines. Modern Love: Affirmation of a Father?s Love, Etched in Vinyl 2010-06-04T16:24:00Z

You wouldn’t know it from “Walden,” but Thoreau wasn’t just observing toadstools and listening to whippoorwills during those two years by the pond. Perspective | ‘Walden’ may be the most famous act of social distancing. It’s also a lesson on the importance of community. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

I hear the call of the whippoorwill and the whistle of the freight train. Mine: So much of life is contained in such small things. What holds meaning for you?

The composer Nico Muhly remembered the whippoorwill that sang for his family at dinnertime in rural Vermont and how it shaped his early sense of listening. A Boxed Set for the Birds Hopes to Save Them, Too 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

“If we don’t have the right habitat for quail, then we probably don’t have the right habitat for a variety of birds and pollinators — from whippoorwills and goldfinches to monarch butterflies and bumble bees.” As Virginia restores quail habitats, their unique call is heard again 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

The valley that was their base, echoing with the call of whippoorwills, remains off limits as well. Ten years after disaster, Fukushima's 'singing' pottery comes home 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z

For instance, goatsuckers, a group of birds that includes the whippoorwill, do not milk goats, Aristotle’s declaration to the contrary notwithstanding. Squirrels Relax When They Hear Birds Relaxing 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

The last whippoorwill I heard was in 1974 in the wilds of West Virginia. Opinion | Georgetown’s environmentally unfriendly solar project 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Azarenka’s cries of exertion seemed like nothing more than the call of a whippoorwill. Seeking 21st major championship, Serena Williams has never been better 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Here where the subdivisions are hacked from red Georgia clay, among whippoorwills, T-ball and Olive Garden, the citizenry is ready. A clear case of self-defense rallies supporters of gun rights 2013-05-04T23:58:18Z

Then they heard from a neighboring tree the strange, lonely song of the whippoorwill. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z

From the trees came the hoot of owls and the mournful notes of the whippoorwill. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z

As I rode, the whippoorwill called after me from the darkening woods; the crickets began from every tuft, and far away I heard the solitary hermit at vespers in the still pines. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z

From within the blackness of the barn came an echo of the whippoorwill’s call, followed by a much more cheerful note—the carol of the bluebird. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z

When the whippoorwill is first heard in the spring, they turn head over heels thrice, to prevent back-ache during the year. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z

The whippoorwill was very modest and didn't see why they liked his solo at all. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z

The twilight deepened into dusk and the notes of a whippoorwill came to them from a distance. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z

The whispering call of a whippoorwill broke out from the bushes where Renard lurked, and I stood up, icy cold but calm, eyes fixed on the darkness which engulfed the road ahead. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z

Then we announce our coming by giving the call of the whippoorwill and she knows one of the Winnebagos is below; and she knows which one it is by the individual bird call. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z

Mrs. Williams rose to go, and in the lull that followed the liquid note of a whippoorwill met the girl's quick ear. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z

The waters of Troublesome caught the glint and the frogs boomed out from bass to treble, while back in the timbered slopes the whippoorwills set up a plaintive chorus. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z

She quoted: “'Tis said that whatever sweet feeling May be throbbing within the fond heart, When listening to a whippoorwill s-pieling, For a twelvemonth will never depart.” The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z

The chickadee, whippoorwill, phoebe and pewee also tell you their names, but this bird announces himself by two names, so you need make no mistake. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z

Through the silence there rose the whistling wail of the whippoorwill, repeated three times, and ending abruptly in the squall of a catbird. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z

Current projects include a study of the effects of controlled burns on bird breeding, the relationship of songs with choice of mate, and whippoorwill territories. Nation?s Oldest Birding Group Serves as a Collective Memory 2011-11-28T22:11:18Z

In the silvers and grays and cobalts of the picture, and in the night song of the whippoorwills and booming frogs, there was solace, and to-night she wanted solace. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z

“Spieling doesn't seem specially in the whippoorwill's line.” The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z

They have large white spots, conspicuous in flight, one of their distinguishing marks from the whippoorwill. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z

You see, the general signal of the Winnebagos is the call of the whippoorwill, like this”—and she illustrated her words with a clear call. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z

From my wider experience I recognized their harmlessness; I knew the voices of the bullfrog and the whippoorwill, but with the others it was different. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z

To-night, the plaintive call of the whippoorwills from the deep shadows of the timber was a call to be under open skies, where the thoughts that assailed her might not feel cramped within walls. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z

I will add, however, that the line is ‘When listening to a whippoorwill singing.’ The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z

In haunted nights of dreamy Junes, Wails wildly the weird whippoorwill, Whose mournful and demonic tunes Wild woods with phantoms fill. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z

The yellow moccasin flower is the whippoorwill's shoe. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z

Did you hear that whippoorwill toot just after we got into bed? Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z

The whippoorwill makes it right out in the open, on the top of an old stump, or on a boulder. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z

Silence, and then a whippoorwill answered sharply from out the forest. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z

He is a practical bird—no such dreamy, twilight sort of a thing as the whippoorwill, who is forever complaining about nothing, like a miserable rhymester—whir—whir—whir. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z

At morn, a pathway deep with dew, And birds to vary time and tune; At eve, a sunset avenue, And whippoorwills that haunt the moon, Is all I ask for me and you. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z

The dolorous note of the whippoorwill was heard, with a horn accompaniment from the throat of a screech-owl. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z

But there were more interesting things than the nest of the whippoorwill to see about the Merredith plantation. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z

Danny summoned all his strength, and sent the wavering call of a wounded whippoorwill along the night. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z

From the dark shadow of the woods rose the incessant din of the whippoorwills. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z

The whippoorwill in a neighboring thicket, indefatigably piping away at his interminable refrain, had it all to himself for awhile. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z

The voices of the veeries fell away, and then stopped, at quarter past eight, and at quarter of nine the first whippoorwill struck up, and was instantly answered. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z

They ate supper before the dusk turned into night, and the whippoorwills were calling from back on the wooded island, to be answered from the further Canada shore. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z

The owls were crying mournfully, and the plaintive song of the whippoorwill came to us from the dense recesses of the forest. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z

To-night beside the pasture bars I heard the whippoorwill, While, one by one, the early stars Came out above the hill. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z

Again the whippoorwill had it all to himself, and piped away more cheerily and industriously than ever, as if inspired, in his own love-making, by a human example. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z

Then Spurrier started a little as from outside a human voice sounded above the chorus of the frogs and whippoorwills. The Law of Hemlock Mountain

Now, for my part I rather like to hear a whippoorwill call. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z

There were two in this frame of mind, evidently, 245 for Chip made no protest, and for another long interval they watched the fireflies and listened to the whippoorwills. The Girl From Tim's Place

From the garden came a plaintive bird-cry, long-drawn and wavering and then, from farther away, the triple mellow whistle of a whippoorwill. The Valiants of Virginia

From woods no glimmer enters in, Above the streams that wandering win From out the violet hills, Those haunters of the dusk begin, The whippoorwills. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems

But they were weary with paddling, and in spite of the persistent calls of the whippoorwills, they at length fell into a sound sleep. Hawk Eye

Steele lingered, and later, while the whippoorwills were calling and a small owl plaintively lamenting, he and Duska sat alone on the white-columned verandah. The Key to Yesterday

From the dark forests the whippoorwills called in those plaintive notes that reach the heart. The Tempering

In the wilds the whitethroat sings in the rain His pure, serene, half-wistful strain; And when twilight falls the sleeping hills Ring with the cry of the whippoorwills In the blue dusk far away. Later Poems

Then a whippoorwill began to call insistently, grievously, from very far off. The Book of Susan A Novel

The whippoorwill, night-long, Threshing the summer dark With his dim flail of song!— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII

Already, somewhere below them, a prematurely tuneful whippoorwill was sending out its night call. The Key to Yesterday

For an hour I read a magazine; the katydids were still clamoring softly and, in the distance, in the direction of the lake, I heard the plaintive notes of whippoorwills. A Top-Floor Idyl

Beyond those rainy reaches Of woodland, far and lone, A whippoorwill beseeches; And now an owl's vague moan Strikes faint upon the hearing.— One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue

It was the whippoorwill that shattered my poised crystal moment of perfect joy. The Book of Susan A Novel

Even the notes of whippoorwills that came from the bushes near the forest sounded less loud than usual, and seemed to foretell a calamity. Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895

Here the killdees ran, and bobbed their heads, and uttered their plaintive cries unmolested; here the partridge could raise her brood in peace; and here the whippoorwill was free to play upon his flute. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction

From the deeper forest came the plaintive cry of the whippoorwill. A Daughter of the Union

A whippoorwill now calls afar; And 'gainst the west, like some swift star, A glittering jay flies screaming. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue

The chuck-will's-widow, which in the south supplies the place of our whippoorwill, repeated his oft-told tale of "chuck-will's-widow, chuck-will's-widow," with untiring earnestness. Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5.

And yet, apparently all that had aroused him was the drowsy whistle of a whippoorwill. The Destroying Angel

They sat down on the bench at the door, and a whippoorwill, calling, made the distance lonely. Rose MacLeod

The voice Osseo heard was taken by the others for the voice of the whippoorwill, singing far off in the lonely forest, and they did not hear a word of what was said. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow

As from faint stars the glory waned and waned, The fussy insects made the garden shrill; Beyond the luminous pasture lands complained One lonely whippoorwill. Blooms of the Berry

I lingered till the whippoorwill Had cried delicious pain Over the wild-wood—in its thrill I heard your voice again. Song-Surf

Somewhere—not far away—a whippoorwill whistled with plaintive insistence. The Destroying Angel

Sometimes the song sparrows and whippoorwills came hopping in about the little bare room. Strangers and Wayfarers

No one but the midnight saw her, and no one but the whippoorwill heard the panting of her bosom, for the darkness wrapped its cloak closely about her as she walked. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow

Shadows, and winds that spill Dew; and the tune Of the wild whippoorwill; And the white moon; These be the watchers still Over her stone. The Garden of Dreams

No, sir; there is a young moon swinging above the tree-tops, to light me on my lonesome ramble; and I come here so often that even the rabbits and whippoorwills know me. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part

Now in sight, perchance in hearing Of the melancholy plover, Of the bluebird’s thrilling whistle, Of the redbird’s gentle chirping, Of the blackbird’s noisy chatter, Of the whippoorwill’s soft pleading, And the ringdove’s tender cooing. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County.

Sleep, baby, sleep, The whippoorwill is calling, The stars are twinkling faintly, The dew is softly falling, Sleep, baby, sleep. Threads of Grey and Gold

O vague confederate of the whippoorwill, Of owl and cricket and the katydid! Weeds by the Wall Verses

Beside the calls of the whippoorwill and the other night birds, there are a hundred little noises that seem to be voices talking to one another in some soft, mysterious language. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars

In the dusk of coming night she crossed the gloomy forest, where a whippoorwill was drearily lamenting, and, walking over an unfrequented portion of the lawn, went up to her own room. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part

I 'member the night 'fore the battle, how the campfires looked, and a quiet night and the whippoorwills callin' in the weeds. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1

At dusk the call of the whippoorwill mingles with the chorus of the pickerel frogs, and in the morning I hear through the robins' cheerful burst the sombre plaint of the mourning-dove. Whitman A Study

The voice of the whippoorwill was stilled at that season of the year. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman

Suddenly the patroon heard the note of the whippoorwill, the nocturnal songster that mourns unseen. The Strollers

And here, when sang the whippoorwill, She cropped the sprouting leaves, And here her rustling steps were heard 209On still October eves. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition

Outside, across the river, the whippoorwill continued to cry, demanding entrance into Beorn's body because it was his soul. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin

There are no whippoorwills and no hoot owls, but lots of crows and jay birds and meadow larks. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight

Fire-flies dart through the grass, and in a lone tree just outside the fence, a whippoorwill sounds his plaintive note. A Son of the Middle Border

Not far was the dark fringe which marked the forest and the liquid note of a whippoorwill arose out of the solitary depths, a melancholy tone in the stillness of the night. The Strollers

The whippoorwill begins his plaintive cry, and one hears, but does not see. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories

Somewhere across the river a whippoorwill kept on uttering its plaintive cry, as it were Beorn's lost soul come back, pleading insistently for permission to take up its residence in his body once again. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin

One day in May, walking in the woods, I came upon a nest of whippoorwill, or rather its eggs,—for it builds no nest,—two elliptical whitish spotted eggs lying upon the dry leaves. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7

There were many whippoorwills calling out there in the woods but he thought this was a double call and that between its whistlings a man might have counted five. The Roof Tree

An owl hooted in the forest; a pair of whippoorwills were vociferating somewhere in the thickets; and far off on the prairie the wolves howled. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies

He stood as motionless as a statue for a moment, and then gave utterance to a cry that resembled exactly that of the whippoorwill. The Ranger or The Fugitives of the Border

As the hours dragged by the flies grew tired of trying to escape, and the whippoorwill of calling; the whole world fell silent. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin

The whippoorwills had just returned to Sandgate, and over the meadows scattered fireflies twinkled. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast

Now he was sure he had heard the double whippoorwill call! The Roof Tree

Only at intervals the whippoorwill's call arose, like a pulse of pain. The Love Story of Abner Stone

Allister threw back his head and laughed into the coloured heavens till the echoes came back sharply from the whippoorwill's sanctuary on the hillside. In Orchard Glen

The evening before he went, a whippoorwill lighted on the window sill and uttered the plaintive 'whip-poor-will.' Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4

For a few moments he remained silent, watching the fireflies beginning their evening dance over the meadow and listening to the distant call of a whippoorwill. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast

Fragrances and quiet cadences stole along the warm current, but the song of the whippoorwill was genuine now, and plaintive with a saddened sweetness. The Roof Tree

The whippoorwill and turtle-dove," Captain Glazier writes, "enlivened the hours with their inspiring notes, and as night began to approach, the gloomy owl, from the tree-tops, uttered his solemn warning cry. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier

The air was adorned with the fragrance of surrounding flowers; the sound of various instrumental music wafted from the town, rendered sweeter by distance, while the whippoorwill’s sprightly song echoed along the adjacent groves. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father

Finally, just as a distant whippoorwill began to call, a towhee sang once from the woods; and a moment later the stillness was broken by the sudden outburst of a thrasher. Birds in the Bush

An extended silence fell upon the men; the whippoorwills sobbed and sobbed; the stream gurgled past its banks. Mountain Blood A Novel

Back in the dark timber sounded the plaintive sweetness of the whippoorwills, and from everywhere drifted an intangible blending of fragrances. The Roof Tree

In the throbbing hush of the starlight a whippoorwill called three times; the breeze rose in the forest; a little wind came fragrantly, puff on puff, along the road, stirring the silvery dust. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories

The solitary whippoorwills stationed themselves along the woody glens, the groves and rocky pastures, and sung a requiem to departed summer. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father

Now the last oven-bird launched into the air and let fall a little shower of melody, and a whippoorwill took up his chant afar off. Birds in the Bush

Outside, he thought he heard General Jackson by the stream, and he stood whistling softly, but only the first notes of the whippoorwills responded. Mountain Blood A Novel

He listened tensely, too, and fancied that he heard a whippoorwill. The Roof Tree

Into the tangled garden a whippoorwill flashed on noiseless wings, rested a moment, unseen, then broke out into husky, breathless calling. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories

Melissa now prepared to return home; a whippoorwill tuned its nightly song at a little distance; but the sound, late so cheerful and sprightly, now passed heavily over their hearts. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father

The whippoorwill utters her love In a passionate "Come, oh come," To the male in the depths of the grove, But the heart of a woman is dumb. Three Women

The first George Gordon Makimmon, resting on the porch of his new house isolated in the alien wild, had heard the whippoorwills and the stream. Mountain Blood A Novel

The river flashed its response and crooned its lullaby, and like children answering the maternal voice, the frogs gave chorus and the whippoorwills called plaintively from the woods. The Roof Tree

Towards midnight the whippoorwill began a breathless calling from the garden. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories

The owl hooted solemnly in the forest, and the whippoorwill sung cheerfully in the garden. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father

Of course it is all in use, just as it is with whippoorwills and the morning-glory. The Foot-path Way

The whippoorwills throbbed from beyond the stream, the stream itself whispered in a pervasive monotone. Mountain Blood A Novel

A whippoorwill sang in the great chestnut-tree at the farther corner of the yard; tree-toads trilled, and frogs peeped, and through all could just be heard the rapids up the river. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866

During the night I heard the diabolic screech of a loon somewhere down the river, while closer by rose the pathetic song of the whippoorwill. A Virginia Scout

And there were also whippoorwills, and mocking birds, and, during the pleasant season of the year, myriads of insects that would keep sounding their shrill little notes the greater part of the night. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

The moon had risen and a whippoorwill was chanting his weird song on the lawn as Ben left them leaning on the gate. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

But the dreary whippoorwills, the feverish crickets, offered him no confirmation, no assurance. Mountain Blood A Novel

It was the cry of the whippoorwill, inexpressibly mournful, and Henry listened to it a minute or two. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River"

In fact, Tory and Miss Frean did not go indoors until, from somewhere deep in the woods, a whippoorwill began his evening call. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest

It belonged to the whippoorwill family, but was some larger. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

A whippoorwill struck his first plaintive note, his weird song seeming to come from all directions and yet to be under her feet. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

A deep, melancholy chorus of frogs rose from the creek, mingling with the high, metallic shrilling of crickets, the reiterated calling of whippoorwills from a thicket of pines. Mountain Blood A Novel

The assassin owls made mournful cadences in keeping with the scene and its half-tragic human purposes, while the whippoorwills voiced the one element of brightness and hope. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In

I thought I heard a whippoorwill but now, and being country bred, stole in to listen. The Reckoning

The nightingale and the whippoorwill sing unpretentiously in the quiet of eventide. Blue Ridge Country

Again the spectral cry of the whippoorwill rang near-by, and she noted for the first time the curious cluck with which the bird punctuated each call. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

The invisible stream gurgled sadly past its banks, the whippoorwills throbbed with ceaseless, insistent passion. Mountain Blood A Novel

But the tone Of a past sorrow, like a mournful rill Threading the heart of some melodious hill, Or the complainings of the whippoorwill, Passes through every thought, and hope, and aim. Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics

Wild birds there were a-plenty in the city, yet the whippoorwill so seldom came into the streets that the note alone would have attracted me had Ennis not warned me of the signal. The Reckoning

The plaintive call of a whippoorwill far off beyond Triplett Creek, where one of the men had been killed that day, drifted into the quiet house. Blue Ridge Country

Minawanda assists them to escape by a sound imitating that of a whippoorwill. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West

The eternal, hapless cry of the whippoorwills throbbed on his hearing. Mountain Blood A Novel

You are up and away in the morning before the whippoorwill closes her song; and are breathing the fragrant air, and enjoying the brisk exercise that gives the best sauce for breakfast. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm

An owl hooted in a tree not far away and from a cleft in the mountains came the weird song of the whippoorwill. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp

On May 9th I was again at home, "the first whippoorwill sang to-night—trees are in full leaf," I note. A Daughter of the Middle Border

Minawanda assists them to escape by a sound indicating that of a whippoorwill. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West

The whippoorwills never for a moment ceased their melancholy calling; they seemed to draw nearer to him; then retreat, far away. Mountain Blood A Novel

Just twenty thousand men sloshin' round—and Pope may be right over there by the whippoorwill. The Long Roll

The brook rippled softly through the ravine, and away up the creek the melancholy cry of a whippoorwill was heard. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters

"There's a sayin' that 'When the whippoorwills begin to call, the mackerel begins to run'—then the gulls come, too." The Tyranny of Weakness

Of course I went at once in search of you, and because I believed the whippoorwills we had heard in the woods to be signal of savages, I bade Yorke follow me with the horses. The Rose of Old St. Louis

The whippoorwills, the frogs and crickets, were silent, and the sharp, sweet song of a mocking bird throbbed from a hedge. Mountain Blood A Novel

Chief among these are the warblers, cuckoos, swallows, martins, flycatchers, nighthawks, whippoorwills, swifts, and humming-birds. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition

The cries of whippoorwills encircled them from the hillsides and over the mountain majestically rose the moon. In Happy Valley

They were still young enough to respond thrillingly to the remembered fragrance of honeysuckle and the plaintive note of the whippoorwill, and perhaps to other memories, as well. The Tyranny of Weakness

I watched the chevalier narrowly as she spoke of the whippoorwill, and I saw him look quickly at her with a startled glance, but her evident innocence reassured him. The Rose of Old St. Louis

The full moon was just rising in the east; the river rippled sweetly in the distance, and the whippoorwills piped their sharp, shrill notes on the hushed evening air. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems

That whippoorwill always brings the dew with him, too; so I must go home. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860

All nature seemed to have gone to rest; not a whippoorwill chanted nor an owl hooted about the old buildings. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

The bobolink chatters in notes of perfection, The oriole sings a love-song to his mate, The whippoorwill clings to his perch for protection, The crow laughs ha! ha! when the evening grows late. Our Profession and Other Poems

At that moment there came a pause in the dance, while the figure was changing, and above the babble of talk that broke forth I heard the distant call of a whippoorwill. The Rose of Old St. Louis

The clouds closed up again, the woods were black; and a Southern whippoorwill chuckled foolishly. The Plunderer

Then the crickets and tree-frogs, the bullfrogs and the whippoorwills, the owls and everything, seemed to drown his voice and halloo for hours, "We is in Delaware! we is, we is! we is in Del-a-a-ware!" The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times

Somewhere in the woods an owl began to hoot dismally, as owls do at night; and from a ledge a little distance from the one on which we stood a whippoorwill began to chant. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

But the stillness of the midsummer night had settled again, except for the voices of the whippoorwill and the katydid. A Pagan of the Hills

I knew birds well, and I soon became convinced that these whippoorwills were like none I had ever heard. The Rose of Old St. Louis

It was only a whippoorwill, but Gladys did not know a whippoorwill from a bluebird. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping

Of the smaller birds, the nuthatch, the wood and hermit thrush, whippoorwill, woodpeckers, wood-pewee, and others. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls

To this day I remember how strange and solemn the chanting of the whippoorwills and the hoarse skook! of the nighthawks sounded to me. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

Through the timbered slopes came the soft cadences of the night's minstrels—the voices of frogs and katydids and the plaintive call of the whippoorwills. A Pagan of the Hills

The quicker we got to Chouteau's Pond the better, I thought, and the faster we left the whippoorwills behind the better also. The Rose of Old St. Louis

The "skirl" of the nighthawk ceases; but away through the woods, down at the creek, the whippoorwill begins her oft-repeated trinity of notes. Some Summer Days in Iowa

Thrushes, we’ll suppose, have for their tune-mates The gold languorous lilies of the glade; And the whippoorwill, that plaintive dreamer, Some dark purple flower that loves the shade. Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen

Not that Mrs. Dodge was timid; the neighborhood of Brookville had never been haunted after nightfall by anything more dangerous than whippoorwills and frogs. An Alabaster Box

There was a whippoorwill calling in some trees to the left; the moon was dim under a golden dapple of clouds. The Portion of Labor

I thought a shadow of annoyance passed over her face, but it cleared and she answered slyly: "And if I win, I claim the first whippoorwill you shoot; the second may go to your aunt." The Rose of Old St. Louis

She heard a whippoorwill in the distance calling as from some undiscovered country; there was an undertone of frogs from marshy meadows swelling and dying in even cadences of sound. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel

And the lone wood-bird—Hark, The whippoorwill night long Threshing the summer dark With his dim flail of song!— Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen

There was a pause, a soft wind came into the room, the noise of the frogs grew louder, a whippoorwill called; it seemed as if the wide night were flowing in at the windows. Jane Field A Novel

And the next instant the mournful cry of the whippoorwill floated through the forest. Bert Wilson in the Rockies

The woods looked dense enough to be the haunts of the lonely birds, but, nevertheless, I felt uneasy and began to listen—for rarely, indeed, does one hear a whippoorwill in the daytime. The Rose of Old St. Louis

A whippoorwill was singing somewhere out there, and the katydids shrieked so high that they almost surmounted dreams. By the Light of the Soul A Novel

June dusk, with the steady croak of frogs from the meadows and the faint call of whippoorwills from the woods. Lydia of the Pines

We ate our supper at the time of the last daylight, and the whippoorwills were calling and the water singing in the reeds. Montlivet

And now the whippoorwill was close at hand. Bert Wilson in the Rockies

I am looking for whippoorwills, and I took you for one. The Rose of Old St. Louis

And late 'mid the trees had I lingered until No thing was awake but the lone whippoorwill. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses

An hour after, Hilda was sitting by the window of her own room, looking listlessly out on the soft summer evening, and listening to the melancholy cry of the whippoorwill, when she heard voices below. Queen Hildegarde

On and on they went, mocked at by owls and whippoorwills, crossing streams over log bridges, wading through others when the cold water splashed at a misstep up in his face. The Princess Pocahontas

They waited an instant, and then they heard Bert's answering "whippoorwill." Bert Wilson in the Rockies

And without waiting for an answer he turned and imitated three times the call of a whippoorwill. The Rose of Old St. Louis

And here, when sang the whippoorwill, She cropped the sprouting leaves, And here her rustling steps were heard On still October eves. Poems

All the birds were asleep save the untiring whippoorwill, who presented his plea for the castigation of the unhappy William with ceaseless energy. Queen Hildegarde

It was the melancholy note of a whippoorwill in the branches of a lime-tree in the garden. The Bread-winners A Social Study

It was not so late in the season that the call of the whippoorwill might not be heard, and there were odd notes of tree-toads and katydids from the branches. A Man and a Woman

"Monsieur took you for a whippoorwill, and a moment more," with an arch glance at me, "he might have added you to his aunt's collection." The Rose of Old St. Louis

Very far off a whippoorwill was calling incessantly. A Man's Woman

Instead of the sun, there are the moon and stars; instead of the wood-thrush, there is the whippoorwill; instead of butterflies in the meadows, fire-flies, winged sparks of fire!—who would have believed it? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863

The first cry of the whippoorwill is the signal for planting this cereal. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885

Sometimes at night a red fox would circle about the clearing and bark querulously, the cry contrasting oddly with the notes of whippoorwills and the calls of loons. A Man and a Woman

I knew if there had been anything unusual in the whippoorwill cry he would know it. The Rose of Old St. Louis

Breaking into the trill of the frogs came the song of a lonely whippoorwill. The Day of the Beast

There I heard the multitudinous insects of the night, and the whippoorwill. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative

Loud and sudden and near the note of a whippoorwill sounded Like a flute in the woods; and anon, through the neighboring thickets, 1055 Farther and farther away it floated and dropped into silence. Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study

Myriad fireflies flitted round, insects chirped in every hollow, the whippoorwill called from the distant thicket, the night-hawk circled in the open glade. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880

There was suddenly a soft call of a whippoorwill from below us, answered quickly and softly by a half-dozen others, and then a sound as of hasty but cautious stirrings. The Rose of Old St. Louis

The clock struck again, then from far away a whippoorwill began to call. Lewis Rand

And the anti-slavery members of the Legislature are hereby requested to seek legislative enactments whereby the whippoorwill may be further domiciliated at the North, and be provided with protection during the winter season. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)

In the warm, scented dusk the locusts shrilled in the trees, and far up the gorge the whippoorwill called and called. Audrey

The melancholy hoot of the owl and the mellow complaint of the whippoorwill join in the solemn diapason of the forest, filling the solitudes with grand, stately marches. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873

Crossing La Petite Rivière, I thought of the day of the picnic on Chouteau's Pond, and involuntarily I listened for the call of the whippoorwill. The Rose of Old St. Louis

A throstle or a whippoorwill is raising a family in the gutter spout over the back kitchen. Mince Pie

At night the howling and snarling of gray wolves now made regular additions to the coyote chorus and the voices of the owls and whippoorwills. The Covered Wagon

A whippoorwill began to call, and the wind sighed in the trees. Audrey

He is like a weasel or a mink or a whippoorwill—he comes out only at night. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great

Such words as “whippoorwill,” “to mew,” “to caw” are in no sense natural sounds that man has instinctively or automatically reproduced. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech

In the River Swamp frogs croaked, a whippoorwill at intervals gave its lonesome and lovely call, the shivering-owl's cry making it lovelier by comparison. The Purple Heights

But other voices of the night reached his ears; a whippoorwill and his mate were making much ado over the selection of their nesting-place on the border of the thicket. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories

As he strode forward into the depthless sea of darkness a whippoorwill called. The Maid-At-Arms

Her mother stood at an open window, inhaling the evening fragrance of flowers, and occasionally listening to the wild note of the mysterious whippoorwill, that came from a thicket of forest-trees in the distance. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio

Thy music still when whippoorwill And oriole are done! Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete

Thy music still when whippoorwill And oriole are done! Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series

We also saw a bird that really was protectively colored; a kind of whippoorwill which even the sharp-eyed naturalists could only make out because it moved its head. Through the Brazilian Wilderness

I heard the whippoorwill in the thicket, and the drumming of the dew on the porch roof, and far away a sound like ocean stirring--the winds in the pines. The Maid-At-Arms

Soft, noiseless, and ghost-like was the flight of the great owl through the desolation, and his uncanny cry and the wail of the whippoorwill filled the night as with mockery and mourning. Virginia: the Old Dominion

The panther's wail, the owlet's scream, The whippoorwill's complaining song, Blend with the cataract's solemn theme, And the wild cadences prolong. Poems

There came from the woods the call of the owl and the whippoorwill. Stories by American Authors, Volume 1

The chorus grows louder and deeper, An owl sends a hoot from the hill, The leaves on the elm-trees are rustling A whippoorwill calls by the mill. Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse

Suddenly the ghostly call of a whippoorwill broke out from the willows. The Maid-At-Arms

The tree-toads soon join them; but one listens in vain for bullfrogs, or katydids, or grasshoppers, or whippoorwills, or crickets: we must wait for them until the delicious June. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861

It seemed as if the loons and whippoorwills grew wild with sorrow that night, and after a while Mrs. Purcell ceased her lively soliloquy, and as they walked they listened. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861

I remember when the whippoorwill could be heard in Sweet Auburn. My Garden Acquaintance

In the evening, night-hawks dart on silent wing; whippoorwills set up a plaintive cry that they continue far into the night; and owls revel in moonlight and rich hunting. The Song of the Cardinal

Here the partridge drummed his loudest, while the whippoorwill sang with spirit, and the hooting owl reigned in the night. Indian Boyhood

Katydids were shrilling from every thicket, and over somewhere near the river a whippoorwill was persistently calling. Quaint Courtships

All the sounds of the night were loud about her, and the song of the whippoorwill came in at the open door. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life

The stillness was intense, broken only by the plaintive cry of the whippoorwill, America's one-phrased nightingale, or the still more weird and eerie note of a distant loon. In the Midst of Alarms

In their depths the owl hoots, and the whippoorwill cries; the stunted trees, with their gnarled branches, are like fiends reaching out spectral arms to seize the wayfarer by the hair. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee

Tonight for the first time this season I heard the small whippoorwill or goatsucker of the Missouri cry. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806

At mid-night I awoke, the moon was sunk, The whippoorwills were singing. Toward the Gulf

The dusk sifted in about the house, faster and faster; a whippoorwill cried from the woods. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life

I can't help it if the whippoorwills make me shiver, can I? The Happy End

O vague confederate of the whippoorwill, Of owl and cricket and the katydid! Poems

A whippoorwill sent his mournful cry across the tree-tops, and was answered. The Call of the Cumberlands

It will not be long now before we shall hear the noisy street cars again, instead of the katydids and whippoorwills. A Hive of Busy Bees

The dusk came slowly, and the whippoorwill sang from the deep woods behind the house. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life

Soon it would be evening and the frogs would begin again, the frogs and whippoorwills. The Happy End

A tree-toad quavered in a tree; And then a sudden whippoorwill Called overhead, so wildly shrill The sleeping wood, it seemed to me, Cried out and then again was still. Poems

Near the stile, Samson gave his whippoorwill call. The Call of the Cumberlands

But what I liked best was to sit out on the porch in the evenings, and listen to the katydids and whippoorwills, and watch the stars come out one by one. A Hive of Busy Bees

The cry of the whippoorwill alone disturbed the repose of nature, except when the wild scream of the loon was heard as she gracefully swept the waters. Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling

The night swept into the room, fragrant and blue, powdered with stars; the sheep bells sounded in a faintly distant clashing; a whippoorwill beat its throat out against the piny dark. The Happy End

Their melancholy quaver, lone and low, When day is done, the gray tree-toads repeat: The whippoorwills, far in the afterglow, Complain to silence: and the lightnings beat, In one still cloud, glimmers of golden heat. Poems

There were no other whippoorwills calling at this season to confuse signals. The Call of the Cumberlands

That evening, Grandpa and Grandma and the children sat on the porch, listening to the chirp of the katydids and the call of the whippoorwills. A Hive of Busy Bees

It would seem, indeed, that the whole barren and melancholy tract had been given up to the owl, the whippoorwill, and the moccasin, its original tenants. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee

I heard a whippoorwill calling from the distant woods. Adventures in Friendship

The crickets' tinkling chips of sound Strewed dim the twilight-twinkling ground; A whippoorwill began to cry, And glimmering through the sober sky A bat went on its drunken round, Its shadow following on the ground. Poems

Then, turning toward the house, he sent out the long, peculiarly mournful call of the whippoorwill, and, at the signal, the door opened, and on the threshold Adrienne saw a slender figure. The Call of the Cumberlands

That evening, as twilight settled down, Grandpa and Grandma and the children sat on the porch and listened to the lonely call of a whippoorwill from the neighboring woods. A Hive of Busy Bees

The fighting had temporarily ceased, and the moon, half-seen through misty clouds, lit up the dreary thickets, in which no sound was heard but the incessant and melancholy cries of the whippoorwills. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee

A whippoorwill began to whistle in the distant thicket. Adventures in Friendship

"It's an orchid; and the little yellow flower that we-all call the whippoorwill shoe is an orchid, too." The Power and the Glory

She hesitated, and the man, invisible in the shadow, once more imitated the bird-note, but this time it was so low and soft that it seemed the voice of a whispering whippoorwill. The Call of the Cumberlands

One whippoorwill cry from outside would mean that all was well; two that he must hurry to the rendezvous. The Iron Game A Tale of the War

The whippoorwill piped away in the old forests, and the frogs bellowed like ten thousand buffaloes along the shore. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod

The elder, overcome with fatigue, soon sank into a peaceful slumber; but the young enthusiast lay long awake, listening to the lone voice of the whippoorwill complaining to the night. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic"

But only the faint cry of a whippoorwill in the valley below answered her call. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill

He lifted his head, and sent out a long, clear whippoorwill call, which quavered on the night much like the other calls in the black hills around him. The Call of the Cumberlands

It is the whippoorwill—steadily, continuously, entrancingly the dulcet measure is taken up and echoed, until the slough of despond seems transformed into a varying diapason of melancholy minstrelsy. The Iron Game A Tale of the War

It was lovely to sit there in the rocking-chairs and hear all the birds by daytime and at night the whippoorwills and owls and little forest folk. Letters to His Children

After the whistlin' squabs was asleep in their nests I went out among the whippoorwills an' the bats. Flowing Gold

Long after the whippoorwill had ceased its plaint, she lay there staring into the darkness, waiting for the dawn. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill

His ear was thrilled with the vesper song of the whippoorwill, the lisping of the chickadee among the evergreens, and the slumber call of the toads. History of American Literature

Heavens, yes; the long, tender plaint of the whippoorwill. The Iron Game A Tale of the War

The sounds were repeated, and she seemed satisfied: "Isn't it rather late in the season for whippoorwills?" asked Annie, uneasily, for this bird's note, now heard again, seemed like a signal. Opening a Chestnut Burr

The flowers were growing, the birds were singing—the robins in the sunshine and the whippoorwills at dusk—and the hours were not long enough for me. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel

When he climbed to his room, the cry of the whippoorwill in the ravine came to him through his window—futile, persistent, like a human wail for happiness. The Heart of the Hills

In the silence that succeeded, he once more became aware of the tireless chorus of the frogs, the hooting of the owls, and the melancholy and oft-repeated call of the whippoorwill. The Prodigal Judge

I The air falls chill; The whippoorwill Pipes lonesomely behind the hill: The dusk grows dense, The silence tense; And lo, the katydids commence. Riley Farm-Rhymes

Before she could ask her unexpected guests any further questions, the cry of a whippoorwill was again heard three times. Opening a Chestnut Burr

A gray rabbit hops among the swaying foxglove and fern tops; the plaintive note of the whippoorwill tells us night will soon be here. See America First

A whippoorwill was crying with plaintive persistence far up a ravine, and the night was deep and still about her, save for the droning of insect life from the gloomy woods. The Heart of the Hills

The brave little songster had gone from the top of the elm tree, but from the shrubbery behind the church a whippoorwill was beginning to tune his pipe. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today

One day in May, walking in the woods, I came upon the nest of a whippoorwill, or rather its eggs, for it builds no nest,—two elliptical whitish spotted eggs lying upon the dry leaves. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers

Perhaps she knew more about whippoorwills than she admitted. Opening a Chestnut Burr

The whippoorwill calls in her plaintive notes through the silvery spring nights over the graves of this vanished race of America. See America First

The owl hooted at night, and the whippoorwill called in the twilight. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings

As they sat listening for the whippoorwill's voice, they became aware of other sounds floating up to their ears from the town. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today

"Ever since the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations came into the House, we have heard but one word—like the whippoorwill, but one eternal monotonous tone—Canada, Canada, Canada!" The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor

A whippoorwill called occasionally from the hillside, and the spasmodic jangle of a bell now and then told of some cow's battle with the mosquitoes. Main-Travelled Roads

An hour later a whippoorwill uttered its cry close to the window, through which now shone the crescent moon. To Have and to Hold

It was just at dusk, and far away somewhere a whippoorwill was calling. Red Pepper Burns

Skies to the West are stained with madder; Amber light on the rare blue hills; The sough of the pines is growing sadder; From the meadow-lands sound the whippoorwills. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3

IN the hushed hours of night, when the air quite still, I hear the strange cry of the lone whippoorwill, Who Chants, without ceasing, that wonderful trill, Of which the sole burden is still, "Whip-poor-Will." Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving with Other Ballads and Poems

A whippoorwill in the deep of the wood was calling weirdly, and an occasional night hawk, flying high, gave his grating shriek, or hollow boom, suggestive and resounding. Main-Travelled Roads

When at length I wiped the water from my eyes it was quite dark, the whippoorwills had begun to call, and Rolfe must needs hasten on. To Have and to Hold

They have large white spots, conspicuous in flight, one of their distinguishing marks from the whippoorwill. Bird Neighbors

I thought them rather frightful when a mere youngster; but they have become like the whistle of the whippoorwill or the song of the cat-bird in my ear now. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea

"Did you hear the whippoorwills singing last night, Daddy?" Penelope's Postscripts

Loud and sudden and near the note of a whippoorwill sounded Like a flute in the woods; and anon, through the neighboring thickets, Farther and farther away it floated and dropped into silence. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He heard a whippoorwill call, lonely and dismal; then an owl hoot monotonously. The Spirit of the Border

We have not seen that species of goatsucker called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the United States with the large goatsucker which we observe here. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6

The chuck-will's-widow, which in the south supplies the place of our whippoorwill, repeated his oft-told tale of " chuckwill's-widow, chuck-will's-widow," with untiring earnestness. Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5

All was still save the hum of voices from the house, and now and then the plaintive song of the whippoorwill in the meadow. Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom

It sounds above the evening song Of dove or whippoorwill. The Congo and Other Poems

The leaves fell into the water with a soft splash, a whippoorwill caroled his melancholy song. The Spirit of the Border

The journal confounds bats, which are winged mammals, with goatsuckers, or whippoorwills, which are birds. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6

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例句	whippoorwill The coughing was the saddest sound that Edward had ever heard, sadder even than the mournful call of the whippoorwill. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Though it was the wrong season for whippoorwills. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z If you have ever been within forty feet of a whippoorwill, you will under-stand why I couldn’t even shut my eyes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z At this time of evening, at this season, in the old days, the whippoorwills would fly in and we would hear them singing in the pine trees, sometimes so loudly they kept us awake. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z From across the road a bird sang “Whippoorwill, whippoorwill!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I curled up in a ball and was almost asleep when a whippoorwill called. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But soon he let his thoughts return to the river, and as he lay there a whippoorwill began to sing on the opposite shore, darkness spread over the land, and Stuart dropped off to sleep. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes one or the other would vaguely remember having heard a whippoorwill call somewhere in the woods, close by, late at night. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A whippoorwill sang out over and over again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z It has thundering piano ostinatos and hummingbird accordion solos, all done incredibly fast, the vocals sometimes reduced to whippoorwill noises and crazed laughter. Playlist: CDs by People, Places & Things, and Anibal Velasquez 2010-04-30T19:54:00Z Oh, it’s so lonely here without you, when the whippoorwills are singing in the pines. Modern Love: Affirmation of a Father?s Love, Etched in Vinyl 2010-06-04T16:24:00Z You wouldn’t know it from “Walden,” but Thoreau wasn’t just observing toadstools and listening to whippoorwills during those two years by the pond. Perspective \| ‘Walden’ may be the most famous act of social distancing. It’s also a lesson on the importance of community. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z I hear the call of the whippoorwill and the whistle of the freight train. Mine: So much of life is contained in such small things. What holds meaning for you? The composer Nico Muhly remembered the whippoorwill that sang for his family at dinnertime in rural Vermont and how it shaped his early sense of listening. A Boxed Set for the Birds Hopes to Save Them, Too 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “If we don’t have the right habitat for quail, then we probably don’t have the right habitat for a variety of birds and pollinators — from whippoorwills and goldfinches to monarch butterflies and bumble bees.” As Virginia restores quail habitats, their unique call is heard again 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The valley that was their base, echoing with the call of whippoorwills, remains off limits as well. Ten years after disaster, Fukushima's 'singing' pottery comes home 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z For instance, goatsuckers, a group of birds that includes the whippoorwill, do not milk goats, Aristotle’s declaration to the contrary notwithstanding. Squirrels Relax When They Hear Birds Relaxing 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z The last whippoorwill I heard was in 1974 in the wilds of West Virginia. Opinion \| Georgetown’s environmentally unfriendly solar project 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z All of a sudden, Azarenka’s cries of exertion seemed like nothing more than the call of a whippoorwill. Seeking 21st major championship, Serena Williams has never been better 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Here where the subdivisions are hacked from red Georgia clay, among whippoorwills, T-ball and Olive Garden, the citizenry is ready. A clear case of self-defense rallies supporters of gun rights 2013-05-04T23:58:18Z Then they heard from a neighboring tree the strange, lonely song of the whippoorwill. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z From the trees came the hoot of owls and the mournful notes of the whippoorwill. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z As I rode, the whippoorwill called after me from the darkening woods; the crickets began from every tuft, and far away I heard the solitary hermit at vespers in the still pines. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z From within the blackness of the barn came an echo of the whippoorwill’s call, followed by a much more cheerful note—the carol of the bluebird. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z When the whippoorwill is first heard in the spring, they turn head over heels thrice, to prevent back-ache during the year. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z The whippoorwill was very modest and didn't see why they liked his solo at all. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z The twilight deepened into dusk and the notes of a whippoorwill came to them from a distance. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z The whispering call of a whippoorwill broke out from the bushes where Renard lurked, and I stood up, icy cold but calm, eyes fixed on the darkness which engulfed the road ahead. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Then we announce our coming by giving the call of the whippoorwill and she knows one of the Winnebagos is below; and she knows which one it is by the individual bird call. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Mrs. Williams rose to go, and in the lull that followed the liquid note of a whippoorwill met the girl's quick ear. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z The waters of Troublesome caught the glint and the frogs boomed out from bass to treble, while back in the timbered slopes the whippoorwills set up a plaintive chorus. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z She quoted: “'Tis said that whatever sweet feeling May be throbbing within the fond heart, When listening to a whippoorwill s-pieling, For a twelvemonth will never depart.” The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z The chickadee, whippoorwill, phoebe and pewee also tell you their names, but this bird announces himself by two names, so you need make no mistake. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Through the silence there rose the whistling wail of the whippoorwill, repeated three times, and ending abruptly in the squall of a catbird. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Current projects include a study of the effects of controlled burns on bird breeding, the relationship of songs with choice of mate, and whippoorwill territories. Nation?s Oldest Birding Group Serves as a Collective Memory 2011-11-28T22:11:18Z In the silvers and grays and cobalts of the picture, and in the night song of the whippoorwills and booming frogs, there was solace, and to-night she wanted solace. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z “Spieling doesn't seem specially in the whippoorwill's line.” The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z They have large white spots, conspicuous in flight, one of their distinguishing marks from the whippoorwill. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z You see, the general signal of the Winnebagos is the call of the whippoorwill, like this”—and she illustrated her words with a clear call. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z From my wider experience I recognized their harmlessness; I knew the voices of the bullfrog and the whippoorwill, but with the others it was different. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z To-night, the plaintive call of the whippoorwills from the deep shadows of the timber was a call to be under open skies, where the thoughts that assailed her might not feel cramped within walls. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z I will add, however, that the line is ‘When listening to a whippoorwill singing.’ The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z In haunted nights of dreamy Junes, Wails wildly the weird whippoorwill, Whose mournful and demonic tunes Wild woods with phantoms fill. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z The yellow moccasin flower is the whippoorwill's shoe. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Did you hear that whippoorwill toot just after we got into bed? Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z The whippoorwill makes it right out in the open, on the top of an old stump, or on a boulder. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Silence, and then a whippoorwill answered sharply from out the forest. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z He is a practical bird—no such dreamy, twilight sort of a thing as the whippoorwill, who is forever complaining about nothing, like a miserable rhymester—whir—whir—whir. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z At morn, a pathway deep with dew, And birds to vary time and tune; At eve, a sunset avenue, And whippoorwills that haunt the moon, Is all I ask for me and you. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z The dolorous note of the whippoorwill was heard, with a horn accompaniment from the throat of a screech-owl. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z But there were more interesting things than the nest of the whippoorwill to see about the Merredith plantation. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Danny summoned all his strength, and sent the wavering call of a wounded whippoorwill along the night. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z From the dark shadow of the woods rose the incessant din of the whippoorwills. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z The whippoorwill in a neighboring thicket, indefatigably piping away at his interminable refrain, had it all to himself for awhile. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z The voices of the veeries fell away, and then stopped, at quarter past eight, and at quarter of nine the first whippoorwill struck up, and was instantly answered. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z They ate supper before the dusk turned into night, and the whippoorwills were calling from back on the wooded island, to be answered from the further Canada shore. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z The owls were crying mournfully, and the plaintive song of the whippoorwill came to us from the dense recesses of the forest. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z To-night beside the pasture bars I heard the whippoorwill, While, one by one, the early stars Came out above the hill. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z Again the whippoorwill had it all to himself, and piped away more cheerily and industriously than ever, as if inspired, in his own love-making, by a human example. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Then Spurrier started a little as from outside a human voice sounded above the chorus of the frogs and whippoorwills. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Now, for my part I rather like to hear a whippoorwill call. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z There were two in this frame of mind, evidently, 245 for Chip made no protest, and for another long interval they watched the fireflies and listened to the whippoorwills. The Girl From Tim's Place From the garden came a plaintive bird-cry, long-drawn and wavering and then, from farther away, the triple mellow whistle of a whippoorwill. The Valiants of Virginia From woods no glimmer enters in, Above the streams that wandering win From out the violet hills, Those haunters of the dusk begin, The whippoorwills. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems But they were weary with paddling, and in spite of the persistent calls of the whippoorwills, they at length fell into a sound sleep. Hawk Eye Steele lingered, and later, while the whippoorwills were calling and a small owl plaintively lamenting, he and Duska sat alone on the white-columned verandah. The Key to Yesterday From the dark forests the whippoorwills called in those plaintive notes that reach the heart. The Tempering In the wilds the whitethroat sings in the rain His pure, serene, half-wistful strain; And when twilight falls the sleeping hills Ring with the cry of the whippoorwills In the blue dusk far away. Later Poems Then a whippoorwill began to call insistently, grievously, from very far off. The Book of Susan A Novel The whippoorwill, night-long, Threshing the summer dark With his dim flail of song!— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Already, somewhere below them, a prematurely tuneful whippoorwill was sending out its night call. The Key to Yesterday For an hour I read a magazine; the katydids were still clamoring softly and, in the distance, in the direction of the lake, I heard the plaintive notes of whippoorwills. A Top-Floor Idyl Beyond those rainy reaches Of woodland, far and lone, A whippoorwill beseeches; And now an owl's vague moan Strikes faint upon the hearing.— One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue It was the whippoorwill that shattered my poised crystal moment of perfect joy. The Book of Susan A Novel Even the notes of whippoorwills that came from the bushes near the forest sounded less loud than usual, and seemed to foretell a calamity. Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 Here the killdees ran, and bobbed their heads, and uttered their plaintive cries unmolested; here the partridge could raise her brood in peace; and here the whippoorwill was free to play upon his flute. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction From the deeper forest came the plaintive cry of the whippoorwill. A Daughter of the Union A whippoorwill now calls afar; And 'gainst the west, like some swift star, A glittering jay flies screaming. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue The chuck-will's-widow, which in the south supplies the place of our whippoorwill, repeated his oft-told tale of "chuck-will's-widow, chuck-will's-widow," with untiring earnestness. Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5. And yet, apparently all that had aroused him was the drowsy whistle of a whippoorwill. The Destroying Angel They sat down on the bench at the door, and a whippoorwill, calling, made the distance lonely. Rose MacLeod The voice Osseo heard was taken by the others for the voice of the whippoorwill, singing far off in the lonely forest, and they did not hear a word of what was said. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow As from faint stars the glory waned and waned, The fussy insects made the garden shrill; Beyond the luminous pasture lands complained One lonely whippoorwill. Blooms of the Berry I lingered till the whippoorwill Had cried delicious pain Over the wild-wood—in its thrill I heard your voice again. Song-Surf Somewhere—not far away—a whippoorwill whistled with plaintive insistence. The Destroying Angel Sometimes the song sparrows and whippoorwills came hopping in about the little bare room. Strangers and Wayfarers No one but the midnight saw her, and no one but the whippoorwill heard the panting of her bosom, for the darkness wrapped its cloak closely about her as she walked. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow Shadows, and winds that spill Dew; and the tune Of the wild whippoorwill; And the white moon; These be the watchers still Over her stone. The Garden of Dreams No, sir; there is a young moon swinging above the tree-tops, to light me on my lonesome ramble; and I come here so often that even the rabbits and whippoorwills know me. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Now in sight, perchance in hearing Of the melancholy plover, Of the bluebird’s thrilling whistle, Of the redbird’s gentle chirping, Of the blackbird’s noisy chatter, Of the whippoorwill’s soft pleading, And the ringdove’s tender cooing. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. Sleep, baby, sleep, The whippoorwill is calling, The stars are twinkling faintly, The dew is softly falling, Sleep, baby, sleep. Threads of Grey and Gold O vague confederate of the whippoorwill, Of owl and cricket and the katydid! Weeds by the Wall Verses Beside the calls of the whippoorwill and the other night birds, there are a hundred little noises that seem to be voices talking to one another in some soft, mysterious language. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars In the dusk of coming night she crossed the gloomy forest, where a whippoorwill was drearily lamenting, and, walking over an unfrequented portion of the lawn, went up to her own room. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part I 'member the night 'fore the battle, how the campfires looked, and a quiet night and the whippoorwills callin' in the weeds. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 At dusk the call of the whippoorwill mingles with the chorus of the pickerel frogs, and in the morning I hear through the robins' cheerful burst the sombre plaint of the mourning-dove. Whitman A Study The voice of the whippoorwill was stilled at that season of the year. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman Suddenly the patroon heard the note of the whippoorwill, the nocturnal songster that mourns unseen. The Strollers And here, when sang the whippoorwill, She cropped the sprouting leaves, And here her rustling steps were heard 209On still October eves. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Outside, across the river, the whippoorwill continued to cry, demanding entrance into Beorn's body because it was his soul. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin There are no whippoorwills and no hoot owls, but lots of crows and jay birds and meadow larks. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Fire-flies dart through the grass, and in a lone tree just outside the fence, a whippoorwill sounds his plaintive note. A Son of the Middle Border Not far was the dark fringe which marked the forest and the liquid note of a whippoorwill arose out of the solitary depths, a melancholy tone in the stillness of the night. The Strollers The whippoorwill begins his plaintive cry, and one hears, but does not see. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Somewhere across the river a whippoorwill kept on uttering its plaintive cry, as it were Beorn's lost soul come back, pleading insistently for permission to take up its residence in his body once again. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin One day in May, walking in the woods, I came upon a nest of whippoorwill, or rather its eggs,—for it builds no nest,—two elliptical whitish spotted eggs lying upon the dry leaves. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 There were many whippoorwills calling out there in the woods but he thought this was a double call and that between its whistlings a man might have counted five. The Roof Tree An owl hooted in the forest; a pair of whippoorwills were vociferating somewhere in the thickets; and far off on the prairie the wolves howled. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies He stood as motionless as a statue for a moment, and then gave utterance to a cry that resembled exactly that of the whippoorwill. The Ranger or The Fugitives of the Border As the hours dragged by the flies grew tired of trying to escape, and the whippoorwill of calling; the whole world fell silent. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin The whippoorwills had just returned to Sandgate, and over the meadows scattered fireflies twinkled. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Now he was sure he had heard the double whippoorwill call! The Roof Tree Only at intervals the whippoorwill's call arose, like a pulse of pain. The Love Story of Abner Stone Allister threw back his head and laughed into the coloured heavens till the echoes came back sharply from the whippoorwill's sanctuary on the hillside. In Orchard Glen The evening before he went, a whippoorwill lighted on the window sill and uttered the plaintive 'whip-poor-will.' Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 For a few moments he remained silent, watching the fireflies beginning their evening dance over the meadow and listening to the distant call of a whippoorwill. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Fragrances and quiet cadences stole along the warm current, but the song of the whippoorwill was genuine now, and plaintive with a saddened sweetness. The Roof Tree The whippoorwill and turtle-dove," Captain Glazier writes, "enlivened the hours with their inspiring notes, and as night began to approach, the gloomy owl, from the tree-tops, uttered his solemn warning cry. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier The air was adorned with the fragrance of surrounding flowers; the sound of various instrumental music wafted from the town, rendered sweeter by distance, while the whippoorwill’s sprightly song echoed along the adjacent groves. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Finally, just as a distant whippoorwill began to call, a towhee sang once from the woods; and a moment later the stillness was broken by the sudden outburst of a thrasher. Birds in the Bush An extended silence fell upon the men; the whippoorwills sobbed and sobbed; the stream gurgled past its banks. Mountain Blood A Novel Back in the dark timber sounded the plaintive sweetness of the whippoorwills, and from everywhere drifted an intangible blending of fragrances. The Roof Tree In the throbbing hush of the starlight a whippoorwill called three times; the breeze rose in the forest; a little wind came fragrantly, puff on puff, along the road, stirring the silvery dust. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories The solitary whippoorwills stationed themselves along the woody glens, the groves and rocky pastures, and sung a requiem to departed summer. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Now the last oven-bird launched into the air and let fall a little shower of melody, and a whippoorwill took up his chant afar off. Birds in the Bush Outside, he thought he heard General Jackson by the stream, and he stood whistling softly, but only the first notes of the whippoorwills responded. Mountain Blood A Novel He listened tensely, too, and fancied that he heard a whippoorwill. The Roof Tree Into the tangled garden a whippoorwill flashed on noiseless wings, rested a moment, unseen, then broke out into husky, breathless calling. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Melissa now prepared to return home; a whippoorwill tuned its nightly song at a little distance; but the sound, late so cheerful and sprightly, now passed heavily over their hearts. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father The whippoorwill utters her love In a passionate "Come, oh come," To the male in the depths of the grove, But the heart of a woman is dumb. Three Women The first George Gordon Makimmon, resting on the porch of his new house isolated in the alien wild, had heard the whippoorwills and the stream. Mountain Blood A Novel The river flashed its response and crooned its lullaby, and like children answering the maternal voice, the frogs gave chorus and the whippoorwills called plaintively from the woods. The Roof Tree Towards midnight the whippoorwill began a breathless calling from the garden. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories The owl hooted solemnly in the forest, and the whippoorwill sung cheerfully in the garden. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Of course it is all in use, just as it is with whippoorwills and the morning-glory. The Foot-path Way The whippoorwills throbbed from beyond the stream, the stream itself whispered in a pervasive monotone. Mountain Blood A Novel A whippoorwill sang in the great chestnut-tree at the farther corner of the yard; tree-toads trilled, and frogs peeped, and through all could just be heard the rapids up the river. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 During the night I heard the diabolic screech of a loon somewhere down the river, while closer by rose the pathetic song of the whippoorwill. A Virginia Scout And there were also whippoorwills, and mocking birds, and, during the pleasant season of the year, myriads of insects that would keep sounding their shrill little notes the greater part of the night. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 The moon had risen and a whippoorwill was chanting his weird song on the lawn as Ben left them leaning on the gate. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan But the dreary whippoorwills, the feverish crickets, offered him no confirmation, no assurance. Mountain Blood A Novel It was the cry of the whippoorwill, inexpressibly mournful, and Henry listened to it a minute or two. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" In fact, Tory and Miss Frean did not go indoors until, from somewhere deep in the woods, a whippoorwill began his evening call. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest It belonged to the whippoorwill family, but was some larger. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 A whippoorwill struck his first plaintive note, his weird song seeming to come from all directions and yet to be under her feet. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan A deep, melancholy chorus of frogs rose from the creek, mingling with the high, metallic shrilling of crickets, the reiterated calling of whippoorwills from a thicket of pines. Mountain Blood A Novel The assassin owls made mournful cadences in keeping with the scene and its half-tragic human purposes, while the whippoorwills voiced the one element of brightness and hope. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In I thought I heard a whippoorwill but now, and being country bred, stole in to listen. The Reckoning The nightingale and the whippoorwill sing unpretentiously in the quiet of eventide. Blue Ridge Country Again the spectral cry of the whippoorwill rang near-by, and she noted for the first time the curious cluck with which the bird punctuated each call. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan The invisible stream gurgled sadly past its banks, the whippoorwills throbbed with ceaseless, insistent passion. Mountain Blood A Novel But the tone Of a past sorrow, like a mournful rill Threading the heart of some melodious hill, Or the complainings of the whippoorwill, Passes through every thought, and hope, and aim. Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics Wild birds there were a-plenty in the city, yet the whippoorwill so seldom came into the streets that the note alone would have attracted me had Ennis not warned me of the signal. The Reckoning The plaintive call of a whippoorwill far off beyond Triplett Creek, where one of the men had been killed that day, drifted into the quiet house. Blue Ridge Country Minawanda assists them to escape by a sound imitating that of a whippoorwill. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West The eternal, hapless cry of the whippoorwills throbbed on his hearing. Mountain Blood A Novel You are up and away in the morning before the whippoorwill closes her song; and are breathing the fragrant air, and enjoying the brisk exercise that gives the best sauce for breakfast. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm An owl hooted in a tree not far away and from a cleft in the mountains came the weird song of the whippoorwill. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp On May 9th I was again at home, "the first whippoorwill sang to-night—trees are in full leaf," I note. A Daughter of the Middle Border Minawanda assists them to escape by a sound indicating that of a whippoorwill. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West The whippoorwills never for a moment ceased their melancholy calling; they seemed to draw nearer to him; then retreat, far away. Mountain Blood A Novel Just twenty thousand men sloshin' round—and Pope may be right over there by the whippoorwill. The Long Roll The brook rippled softly through the ravine, and away up the creek the melancholy cry of a whippoorwill was heard. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters "There's a sayin' that 'When the whippoorwills begin to call, the mackerel begins to run'—then the gulls come, too." The Tyranny of Weakness Of course I went at once in search of you, and because I believed the whippoorwills we had heard in the woods to be signal of savages, I bade Yorke follow me with the horses. The Rose of Old St. Louis The whippoorwills, the frogs and crickets, were silent, and the sharp, sweet song of a mocking bird throbbed from a hedge. Mountain Blood A Novel Chief among these are the warblers, cuckoos, swallows, martins, flycatchers, nighthawks, whippoorwills, swifts, and humming-birds. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition The cries of whippoorwills encircled them from the hillsides and over the mountain majestically rose the moon. In Happy Valley They were still young enough to respond thrillingly to the remembered fragrance of honeysuckle and the plaintive note of the whippoorwill, and perhaps to other memories, as well. The Tyranny of Weakness I watched the chevalier narrowly as she spoke of the whippoorwill, and I saw him look quickly at her with a startled glance, but her evident innocence reassured him. The Rose of Old St. Louis The full moon was just rising in the east; the river rippled sweetly in the distance, and the whippoorwills piped their sharp, shrill notes on the hushed evening air. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems That whippoorwill always brings the dew with him, too; so I must go home. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 All nature seemed to have gone to rest; not a whippoorwill chanted nor an owl hooted about the old buildings. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The bobolink chatters in notes of perfection, The oriole sings a love-song to his mate, The whippoorwill clings to his perch for protection, The crow laughs ha! ha! when the evening grows late. Our Profession and Other Poems At that moment there came a pause in the dance, while the figure was changing, and above the babble of talk that broke forth I heard the distant call of a whippoorwill. The Rose of Old St. Louis The clouds closed up again, the woods were black; and a Southern whippoorwill chuckled foolishly. The Plunderer Then the crickets and tree-frogs, the bullfrogs and the whippoorwills, the owls and everything, seemed to drown his voice and halloo for hours, "We is in Delaware! we is, we is! we is in Del-a-a-ware!" The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Somewhere in the woods an owl began to hoot dismally, as owls do at night; and from a ledge a little distance from the one on which we stood a whippoorwill began to chant. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's But the stillness of the midsummer night had settled again, except for the voices of the whippoorwill and the katydid. A Pagan of the Hills I knew birds well, and I soon became convinced that these whippoorwills were like none I had ever heard. The Rose of Old St. Louis It was only a whippoorwill, but Gladys did not know a whippoorwill from a bluebird. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping Of the smaller birds, the nuthatch, the wood and hermit thrush, whippoorwill, woodpeckers, wood-pewee, and others. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls To this day I remember how strange and solemn the chanting of the whippoorwills and the hoarse skook! of the nighthawks sounded to me. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Through the timbered slopes came the soft cadences of the night's minstrels—the voices of frogs and katydids and the plaintive call of the whippoorwills. A Pagan of the Hills The quicker we got to Chouteau's Pond the better, I thought, and the faster we left the whippoorwills behind the better also. The Rose of Old St. Louis The "skirl" of the nighthawk ceases; but away through the woods, down at the creek, the whippoorwill begins her oft-repeated trinity of notes. Some Summer Days in Iowa Thrushes, we’ll suppose, have for their tune-mates The gold languorous lilies of the glade; And the whippoorwill, that plaintive dreamer, Some dark purple flower that loves the shade. Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen Not that Mrs. Dodge was timid; the neighborhood of Brookville had never been haunted after nightfall by anything more dangerous than whippoorwills and frogs. An Alabaster Box There was a whippoorwill calling in some trees to the left; the moon was dim under a golden dapple of clouds. The Portion of Labor I thought a shadow of annoyance passed over her face, but it cleared and she answered slyly: "And if I win, I claim the first whippoorwill you shoot; the second may go to your aunt." The Rose of Old St. Louis She heard a whippoorwill in the distance calling as from some undiscovered country; there was an undertone of frogs from marshy meadows swelling and dying in even cadences of sound. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel And the lone wood-bird—Hark, The whippoorwill night long Threshing the summer dark With his dim flail of song!— Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen There was a pause, a soft wind came into the room, the noise of the frogs grew louder, a whippoorwill called; it seemed as if the wide night were flowing in at the windows. Jane Field A Novel And the next instant the mournful cry of the whippoorwill floated through the forest. Bert Wilson in the Rockies The woods looked dense enough to be the haunts of the lonely birds, but, nevertheless, I felt uneasy and began to listen—for rarely, indeed, does one hear a whippoorwill in the daytime. The Rose of Old St. Louis A whippoorwill was singing somewhere out there, and the katydids shrieked so high that they almost surmounted dreams. By the Light of the Soul A Novel June dusk, with the steady croak of frogs from the meadows and the faint call of whippoorwills from the woods. Lydia of the Pines We ate our supper at the time of the last daylight, and the whippoorwills were calling and the water singing in the reeds. Montlivet And now the whippoorwill was close at hand. Bert Wilson in the Rockies I am looking for whippoorwills, and I took you for one. The Rose of Old St. Louis And late 'mid the trees had I lingered until No thing was awake but the lone whippoorwill. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses An hour after, Hilda was sitting by the window of her own room, looking listlessly out on the soft summer evening, and listening to the melancholy cry of the whippoorwill, when she heard voices below. Queen Hildegarde On and on they went, mocked at by owls and whippoorwills, crossing streams over log bridges, wading through others when the cold water splashed at a misstep up in his face. The Princess Pocahontas They waited an instant, and then they heard Bert's answering "whippoorwill." Bert Wilson in the Rockies And without waiting for an answer he turned and imitated three times the call of a whippoorwill. The Rose of Old St. Louis And here, when sang the whippoorwill, She cropped the sprouting leaves, And here her rustling steps were heard On still October eves. Poems All the birds were asleep save the untiring whippoorwill, who presented his plea for the castigation of the unhappy William with ceaseless energy. Queen Hildegarde It was the melancholy note of a whippoorwill in the branches of a lime-tree in the garden. The Bread-winners A Social Study It was not so late in the season that the call of the whippoorwill might not be heard, and there were odd notes of tree-toads and katydids from the branches. A Man and a Woman "Monsieur took you for a whippoorwill, and a moment more," with an arch glance at me, "he might have added you to his aunt's collection." The Rose of Old St. Louis Very far off a whippoorwill was calling incessantly. A Man's Woman Instead of the sun, there are the moon and stars; instead of the wood-thrush, there is the whippoorwill; instead of butterflies in the meadows, fire-flies, winged sparks of fire!—who would have believed it? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 The first cry of the whippoorwill is the signal for planting this cereal. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 Sometimes at night a red fox would circle about the clearing and bark querulously, the cry contrasting oddly with the notes of whippoorwills and the calls of loons. A Man and a Woman I knew if there had been anything unusual in the whippoorwill cry he would know it. The Rose of Old St. Louis Breaking into the trill of the frogs came the song of a lonely whippoorwill. The Day of the Beast There I heard the multitudinous insects of the night, and the whippoorwill. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Loud and sudden and near the note of a whippoorwill sounded Like a flute in the woods; and anon, through the neighboring thickets, 1055 Farther and farther away it floated and dropped into silence. Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study Myriad fireflies flitted round, insects chirped in every hollow, the whippoorwill called from the distant thicket, the night-hawk circled in the open glade. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 There was suddenly a soft call of a whippoorwill from below us, answered quickly and softly by a half-dozen others, and then a sound as of hasty but cautious stirrings. The Rose of Old St. Louis The clock struck again, then from far away a whippoorwill began to call. Lewis Rand And the anti-slavery members of the Legislature are hereby requested to seek legislative enactments whereby the whippoorwill may be further domiciliated at the North, and be provided with protection during the winter season. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) In the warm, scented dusk the locusts shrilled in the trees, and far up the gorge the whippoorwill called and called. Audrey The melancholy hoot of the owl and the mellow complaint of the whippoorwill join in the solemn diapason of the forest, filling the solitudes with grand, stately marches. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Crossing La Petite Rivière, I thought of the day of the picnic on Chouteau's Pond, and involuntarily I listened for the call of the whippoorwill. The Rose of Old St. Louis A throstle or a whippoorwill is raising a family in the gutter spout over the back kitchen. Mince Pie At night the howling and snarling of gray wolves now made regular additions to the coyote chorus and the voices of the owls and whippoorwills. The Covered Wagon A whippoorwill began to call, and the wind sighed in the trees. Audrey He is like a weasel or a mink or a whippoorwill—he comes out only at night. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Such words as “whippoorwill,” “to mew,” “to caw” are in no sense natural sounds that man has instinctively or automatically reproduced. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech In the River Swamp frogs croaked, a whippoorwill at intervals gave its lonesome and lovely call, the shivering-owl's cry making it lovelier by comparison. The Purple Heights But other voices of the night reached his ears; a whippoorwill and his mate were making much ado over the selection of their nesting-place on the border of the thicket. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories As he strode forward into the depthless sea of darkness a whippoorwill called. The Maid-At-Arms Her mother stood at an open window, inhaling the evening fragrance of flowers, and occasionally listening to the wild note of the mysterious whippoorwill, that came from a thicket of forest-trees in the distance. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio Thy music still when whippoorwill And oriole are done! Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete Thy music still when whippoorwill And oriole are done! Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series We also saw a bird that really was protectively colored; a kind of whippoorwill which even the sharp-eyed naturalists could only make out because it moved its head. Through the Brazilian Wilderness I heard the whippoorwill in the thicket, and the drumming of the dew on the porch roof, and far away a sound like ocean stirring--the winds in the pines. The Maid-At-Arms Soft, noiseless, and ghost-like was the flight of the great owl through the desolation, and his uncanny cry and the wail of the whippoorwill filled the night as with mockery and mourning. Virginia: the Old Dominion The panther's wail, the owlet's scream, The whippoorwill's complaining song, Blend with the cataract's solemn theme, And the wild cadences prolong. Poems There came from the woods the call of the owl and the whippoorwill. Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 The chorus grows louder and deeper, An owl sends a hoot from the hill, The leaves on the elm-trees are rustling A whippoorwill calls by the mill. Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse Suddenly the ghostly call of a whippoorwill broke out from the willows. The Maid-At-Arms The tree-toads soon join them; but one listens in vain for bullfrogs, or katydids, or grasshoppers, or whippoorwills, or crickets: we must wait for them until the delicious June. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 It seemed as if the loons and whippoorwills grew wild with sorrow that night, and after a while Mrs. Purcell ceased her lively soliloquy, and as they walked they listened. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 I remember when the whippoorwill could be heard in Sweet Auburn. My Garden Acquaintance In the evening, night-hawks dart on silent wing; whippoorwills set up a plaintive cry that they continue far into the night; and owls revel in moonlight and rich hunting. The Song of the Cardinal Here the partridge drummed his loudest, while the whippoorwill sang with spirit, and the hooting owl reigned in the night. Indian Boyhood Katydids were shrilling from every thicket, and over somewhere near the river a whippoorwill was persistently calling. Quaint Courtships All the sounds of the night were loud about her, and the song of the whippoorwill came in at the open door. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life The stillness was intense, broken only by the plaintive cry of the whippoorwill, America's one-phrased nightingale, or the still more weird and eerie note of a distant loon. In the Midst of Alarms In their depths the owl hoots, and the whippoorwill cries; the stunted trees, with their gnarled branches, are like fiends reaching out spectral arms to seize the wayfarer by the hair. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Tonight for the first time this season I heard the small whippoorwill or goatsucker of the Missouri cry. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 At mid-night I awoke, the moon was sunk, The whippoorwills were singing. Toward the Gulf The dusk sifted in about the house, faster and faster; a whippoorwill cried from the woods. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life I can't help it if the whippoorwills make me shiver, can I? The Happy End O vague confederate of the whippoorwill, Of owl and cricket and the katydid! Poems A whippoorwill sent his mournful cry across the tree-tops, and was answered. The Call of the Cumberlands It will not be long now before we shall hear the noisy street cars again, instead of the katydids and whippoorwills. A Hive of Busy Bees The dusk came slowly, and the whippoorwill sang from the deep woods behind the house. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Soon it would be evening and the frogs would begin again, the frogs and whippoorwills. The Happy End A tree-toad quavered in a tree; And then a sudden whippoorwill Called overhead, so wildly shrill The sleeping wood, it seemed to me, Cried out and then again was still. Poems Near the stile, Samson gave his whippoorwill call. The Call of the Cumberlands But what I liked best was to sit out on the porch in the evenings, and listen to the katydids and whippoorwills, and watch the stars come out one by one. A Hive of Busy Bees The cry of the whippoorwill alone disturbed the repose of nature, except when the wild scream of the loon was heard as she gracefully swept the waters. Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling The night swept into the room, fragrant and blue, powdered with stars; the sheep bells sounded in a faintly distant clashing; a whippoorwill beat its throat out against the piny dark. The Happy End Their melancholy quaver, lone and low, When day is done, the gray tree-toads repeat: The whippoorwills, far in the afterglow, Complain to silence: and the lightnings beat, In one still cloud, glimmers of golden heat. Poems There were no other whippoorwills calling at this season to confuse signals. The Call of the Cumberlands That evening, Grandpa and Grandma and the children sat on the porch, listening to the chirp of the katydids and the call of the whippoorwills. A Hive of Busy Bees It would seem, indeed, that the whole barren and melancholy tract had been given up to the owl, the whippoorwill, and the moccasin, its original tenants. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee I heard a whippoorwill calling from the distant woods. Adventures in Friendship The crickets' tinkling chips of sound Strewed dim the twilight-twinkling ground; A whippoorwill began to cry, And glimmering through the sober sky A bat went on its drunken round, Its shadow following on the ground. Poems Then, turning toward the house, he sent out the long, peculiarly mournful call of the whippoorwill, and, at the signal, the door opened, and on the threshold Adrienne saw a slender figure. The Call of the Cumberlands That evening, as twilight settled down, Grandpa and Grandma and the children sat on the porch and listened to the lonely call of a whippoorwill from the neighboring woods. A Hive of Busy Bees The fighting had temporarily ceased, and the moon, half-seen through misty clouds, lit up the dreary thickets, in which no sound was heard but the incessant and melancholy cries of the whippoorwills. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee A whippoorwill began to whistle in the distant thicket. Adventures in Friendship "It's an orchid; and the little yellow flower that we-all call the whippoorwill shoe is an orchid, too." The Power and the Glory She hesitated, and the man, invisible in the shadow, once more imitated the bird-note, but this time it was so low and soft that it seemed the voice of a whispering whippoorwill. The Call of the Cumberlands One whippoorwill cry from outside would mean that all was well; two that he must hurry to the rendezvous. The Iron Game A Tale of the War The whippoorwill piped away in the old forests, and the frogs bellowed like ten thousand buffaloes along the shore. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod The elder, overcome with fatigue, soon sank into a peaceful slumber; but the young enthusiast lay long awake, listening to the lone voice of the whippoorwill complaining to the night. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" But only the faint cry of a whippoorwill in the valley below answered her call. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill He lifted his head, and sent out a long, clear whippoorwill call, which quavered on the night much like the other calls in the black hills around him. The Call of the Cumberlands It is the whippoorwill—steadily, continuously, entrancingly the dulcet measure is taken up and echoed, until the slough of despond seems transformed into a varying diapason of melancholy minstrelsy. The Iron Game A Tale of the War It was lovely to sit there in the rocking-chairs and hear all the birds by daytime and at night the whippoorwills and owls and little forest folk. Letters to His Children After the whistlin' squabs was asleep in their nests I went out among the whippoorwills an' the bats. Flowing Gold Long after the whippoorwill had ceased its plaint, she lay there staring into the darkness, waiting for the dawn. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill His ear was thrilled with the vesper song of the whippoorwill, the lisping of the chickadee among the evergreens, and the slumber call of the toads. History of American Literature Heavens, yes; the long, tender plaint of the whippoorwill. The Iron Game A Tale of the War The sounds were repeated, and she seemed satisfied: "Isn't it rather late in the season for whippoorwills?" asked Annie, uneasily, for this bird's note, now heard again, seemed like a signal. Opening a Chestnut Burr The flowers were growing, the birds were singing—the robins in the sunshine and the whippoorwills at dusk—and the hours were not long enough for me. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel When he climbed to his room, the cry of the whippoorwill in the ravine came to him through his window—futile, persistent, like a human wail for happiness. The Heart of the Hills In the silence that succeeded, he once more became aware of the tireless chorus of the frogs, the hooting of the owls, and the melancholy and oft-repeated call of the whippoorwill. The Prodigal Judge I The air falls chill; The whippoorwill Pipes lonesomely behind the hill: The dusk grows dense, The silence tense; And lo, the katydids commence. Riley Farm-Rhymes Before she could ask her unexpected guests any further questions, the cry of a whippoorwill was again heard three times. Opening a Chestnut Burr A gray rabbit hops among the swaying foxglove and fern tops; the plaintive note of the whippoorwill tells us night will soon be here. See America First A whippoorwill was crying with plaintive persistence far up a ravine, and the night was deep and still about her, save for the droning of insect life from the gloomy woods. The Heart of the Hills The brave little songster had gone from the top of the elm tree, but from the shrubbery behind the church a whippoorwill was beginning to tune his pipe. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today One day in May, walking in the woods, I came upon the nest of a whippoorwill, or rather its eggs, for it builds no nest,—two elliptical whitish spotted eggs lying upon the dry leaves. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Perhaps she knew more about whippoorwills than she admitted. Opening a Chestnut Burr The whippoorwill calls in her plaintive notes through the silvery spring nights over the graves of this vanished race of America. See America First The owl hooted at night, and the whippoorwill called in the twilight. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings As they sat listening for the whippoorwill's voice, they became aware of other sounds floating up to their ears from the town. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today "Ever since the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations came into the House, we have heard but one word—like the whippoorwill, but one eternal monotonous tone—Canada, Canada, Canada!" The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor A whippoorwill called occasionally from the hillside, and the spasmodic jangle of a bell now and then told of some cow's battle with the mosquitoes. Main-Travelled Roads An hour later a whippoorwill uttered its cry close to the window, through which now shone the crescent moon. To Have and to Hold It was just at dusk, and far away somewhere a whippoorwill was calling. Red Pepper Burns Skies to the West are stained with madder; Amber light on the rare blue hills; The sough of the pines is growing sadder; From the meadow-lands sound the whippoorwills. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 IN the hushed hours of night, when the air quite still, I hear the strange cry of the lone whippoorwill, Who Chants, without ceasing, that wonderful trill, Of which the sole burden is still, "Whip-poor-Will." Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving with Other Ballads and Poems A whippoorwill in the deep of the wood was calling weirdly, and an occasional night hawk, flying high, gave his grating shriek, or hollow boom, suggestive and resounding. Main-Travelled Roads When at length I wiped the water from my eyes it was quite dark, the whippoorwills had begun to call, and Rolfe must needs hasten on. To Have and to Hold They have large white spots, conspicuous in flight, one of their distinguishing marks from the whippoorwill. Bird Neighbors I thought them rather frightful when a mere youngster; but they have become like the whistle of the whippoorwill or the song of the cat-bird in my ear now. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea "Did you hear the whippoorwills singing last night, Daddy?" Penelope's Postscripts Loud and sudden and near the note of a whippoorwill sounded Like a flute in the woods; and anon, through the neighboring thickets, Farther and farther away it floated and dropped into silence. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow He heard a whippoorwill call, lonely and dismal; then an owl hoot monotonously. The Spirit of the Border We have not seen that species of goatsucker called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the United States with the large goatsucker which we observe here. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 The chuck-will's-widow, which in the south supplies the place of our whippoorwill, repeated his oft-told tale of " chuckwill's-widow, chuck-will's-widow," with untiring earnestness. Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5 All was still save the hum of voices from the house, and now and then the plaintive song of the whippoorwill in the meadow. Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom It sounds above the evening song Of dove or whippoorwill. The Congo and Other Poems The leaves fell into the water with a soft splash, a whippoorwill caroled his melancholy song. The Spirit of the Border The journal confounds bats, which are winged mammals, with goatsuckers, or whippoorwills, which are birds. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6
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