| 单词 | songster |
| 例句 | Outside, mockingbirds were singing blithely, and, once in a while, when the songsters took flight, Mariam could see their wings catching the phosphorescent blue of moonlight beaming through the clouds. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There he also encountered Woody Guthrie, the scrappy Okie songster who would become his mentor. Pete Seeger’s New York Roots 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z As for the present, the concert prominently featured James Taylor, who has essentially become the house songster. Music Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Boston Symphony at Tanglewood 2012-07-16T22:18:50Z The Whiffs’ ritual bleating helps its songsters and their audiences to sublimate dark intimations of their futures in finance or marketing through crooning and camaraderie, which ease them toward Marquand’s lockstep and its clubby consolations. The coddling of the conservative mind 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Sure enough, the bills immediately began to trickle into the upturned hat of one of the songsters. Using Homeless Guys as Reality Show Props is Offensive 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The club quickly became an heir apparent to the Village’s old coffeehouses, which were peopled by poets and folk songsters in the 1950s and ’60s. Cornelia Street Café, a Pillar of Greenwich Village Experimentation, Closes Its Doors 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The proudest songster of them all was James Joyce. Colin Farrell Joins the League of High-Profile Narrators of ‘A Portrait of the Artist’ 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z He had been described as "the songster of tennis lawns and cathedral cloisters". No 10 turned down Larkin, Auden and other poets for laureate job 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z He was a mellowed songster who sang effortlessly with intimate words, praising and imploring the women he loved and at times consoling himself. The waiter who founded 'Africa's best band' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The urban background noise forces the blackbird songsters to change their pitch and timing. Darwin comes to town: how cities are creating new species 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z And bipolar comedy songster Chris Smith reveals how he performs when he can't remember lyrics and gives the team a rendition of his original song, 'The pigeons told me to shoplift'. The singer sent death threats from the deaf community 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The suburbs are no love nest, at least not for two of the region’s most beloved songsters, the Pacific wren and Swainson’s thrush. Birds in the suburbs: Faced with urbanization, some beloved species thrive, some move out 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The Wisconsin songster unveils more country-folk tunes on “Human Kindness,” an album that pays homage to his home state with “Chippewa Boots.” New springtime CDs offer bouquet of tunes as fresh as the weather 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Iconic songster Weird Al Yankovic celebrated the release of his parody-filled 14th studio album last summer with eight music videos released over eight days. Weird Al's worldwide Mandatory Fun tour starts May 12th 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Though the controversial Canadian songster still holds strong in second place, he’s earned more votes against him than for, making him the most polarizing figure on the reader poll. Justin Bieber Loses Top Spot on TIME 100 Reader Poll to Laverne Cox 2014-04-18T14:26:42Z We watched the show and it was all amazing, highlight for us were all the choirs and drummers in Sing, and in particular the young smiling songsters that started the whole things off. Stars shine on Queen's concert 2012-06-05T14:21:04Z Indeed, all nature, except the winged songsters of the grove, appeared to repose quietly and peacefully on the bosom of its God. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z And, of course—considering his world-wide fame as a songster——' 'No sparring—no satirical remarks, gentlemen,' put in a bird who had not yet spoken. Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z He may have planted some, but a certain old book of travels, yellow with age, tell us that just these same elm trees were growing and just the same kind of songster singing in 1789. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z He is unconscious of his lack of melody, and rather fancies himself as a songster. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z They heard the mysterious music, but the songsters were invisible. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z But people, Cadwgan, do not always give ear to the charming voices of these winged songsters. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z There is hope in the time that is coming, When the lambs will frolic on the plain, Whilst the bees o’er the heather are humming, Then the songsters will cheer us again. Random Rhymes and Rambles 2012-03-21T02:00:31.003Z "That crock of yours seems to be a bit of a songster." Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z Remotely possible is it, however, that, unnoticed though their music was, the songsters exerted an influence upon the thoughts of Soapy Gaines; or it may have been only a coincidence. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z And he did make it, and thus gratified, tries other attempts; with him others begin and they have become “songsters”. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z I could no longer resist the irresistible voice, and replied to her, Oh, sweet songster of the moorland, thither will I go, and to-morrow I will listen to your heavenly strains among your own hills. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z “Listen to the trilling of the merry songsters,” said Jack, with impressive sarcasm. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z But the sportsmen seize her; They deceive the songster, p. 180In a cage confine her, Give her to their loved one. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z It sings chiefly in spring, and its really wonderful vocal powers have made it one of our best-known and most-admired songsters. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Perceiving me in full uniform the songster halted and saluted so cheerfully that I rendered his salute with a smile. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Even the feathered songsters of the forest seemed to realize the utter desolation that prevailed, and lent, by their silence and seclusion, to that inexpressible gloom. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z Man had killed the innocent little bird on whose wings Spring had flown to the North, and whose little songster's heart was beating with Nature's jubilant joy! Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Sweet, artless songster! thou my mind dost raise To airs of spheres—yes, and to angels' lays. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z One thing is certain, the tiny agricultural parish of Caversfield could not have produced songsters to chant Matins while the world at large was yet wrapped in slumber. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z He burst open the door of the cage, and seizing the offending songster, roughly tore off the "Order." When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z They imitated the clear notes of the birds until the little songsters paused to look wonderingly at these strange creatures that could not fly and yet sang like themselves. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z Those who listened to these songsters were, for the moment, deceived into thinking life was full of love and mirth, and sorrow only touched them when their lady frowned. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z To me, the lark is the noblest of all birds, the most pure and spirit-like of all aerial songsters. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z They had often been moved by the liquid notes from a songster’s throat, but had not come enough into loving touch with Nature to hear music in a bird’s wings. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z It was spring-time, and each and every feathered songster was pouring out his heart in an ecstasy of love, repeating the word again and yet again. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The Empress, the Queens, the ladies of the Palace, in a word, every one was eager to possess these songsters of the meadow. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The aerial songster moults his plumerie, To vie in sleekness with each feathered brother. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The same ruthlessness was shown in robbing the trees of their native songsters, and hanging them with cages full of rare, exotic birds that croaked dolefully all the year round at sunset. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Although very few seem to know it, the catbird is also a fine songster. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z Pit-pit-pit you may hear sharply, excitedly jerked out of some bird's throat, and you wonder if a note so disagreeable can really come from the wonderful songster on the branch above your head. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A gay tremolo of the stringed instruments seems to fill the air with feathered songsters, and they remind Nedda of a little ballad her mother used to croon. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The Norwegians are very fond of the small songsters, and in many districts it is forbidden to destroy them. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z It is consequently among the earliest songsters of the year, and among the last to bid adieu to summer. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z And while you are listening to the feathered songsters, I’ll keep a sharp lookout for the fair party you call auntie. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z After that the English sparrows may take the songster's leavings. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Evidently he, with his tough skin, preferred midges to songsters at night. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Tanagers, as a rule, are not possessed of much vocal ability, our species ranking high in their family as songsters, the notes of many species being far less musical. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The Pine Grosbeak, or Pine Bullfinch, is a bird of sociable habits, and an agreeable songster. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z As a songster it is indeed surpassed by many other species, but its docility and ready attachment to its master or mistress make up for any defect in its vocal powers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Probably every cowbird you see has sacrificed the lives of at least part of a brood of valuable, insectivorous songsters. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The dust of earth is upon the wing of the sky songster, and will never let her mount to her ancient pitch. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z One of our species, the Ruby-crown, possesses a remarkably loud, clear, and musical song, a surprising performance for so tiny a songster. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z It has more claim to be considered a songster than the Spotted Flycatcher. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z After these, we find other songsters with one or two notes, or a phrase, human-like in quality, in their songs. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Isn't this a tragic fate to overtake our joyous songsters? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Meantime the son is engaged in the performance of the ceremony, while the bands of songsters quarrel with one another for the privilege of entertaining the audience with their songs, which renders confusion worse confounded. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Doctors are all very well, in their way, and sometimes I think we songsters try to doctor, too, just a bit. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z When he got to the rear the notes of the feathered songster seemed more distinct than ever. Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City 2011-10-11T02:01:05.260Z The songster has not yet thrown off his seasonal cold; the sound might sometimes proceed from a crow suffering from a catarrh. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Yet if your graciousness will not disdain A poor plucked songster, shall he sing to you? Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Female songsters of questionable virtue are now more in favor than their male rivals, which is an unerring proof of the degeneracy of the age. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Sweet is the melody that at this season of the year arises from every feathered songster of forest, field, and lea. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Warner Williams, one of the last, great songsters, performs "Hey Bartender, There's a Bug in My Beer." Guitar Man Warner Williams strums the blues in the District 2011-09-05T16:39:00Z There are two more common British songsters that produce much the same effect as the willow wren and blackbird; these are the swallow and pied wagtail. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The notes came clear and sweet and Fenn paused to catch a sight of the songsters. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z The songsters are dismissed with presents of money, clothes and food. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z That is precisely what the charming songster does do. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The tiny canary birds—those gentle, amiable, sprightly songsters come from here. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The willow wren is one of the commonest and undoubtedly the most generally diffused of the British songsters. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The silence of the secluded spot was broken by the notes of many birds, some of them almost meriting the name of songsters, while the air was full of the buzzing hum of insects. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z The lark, high in air, thrilling out his wild melody, and the rose-breasted wee linnet were the only songsters on these lonely moorlands. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z As the summer waned apace, and the leaves on the chestnuts changed to a darker, hardier green, the nightingales ceased their song; but, somehow, we never missed them much, there were so many other songsters. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The tiny throated songsters warble their simple evening notes, ever old and forever new, rivaling the music of the streams, as they flood this paradise of parks with an ecstasy of melody. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z While songsters choose and mate, And woo their brides in state, The youth and maid stroll through the glade The birds to emulate! The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z Some stately palms, maples, and oaks overshadowed our camp, and served as a cool retreat for the countless songsters that saluted us with their evening hymn. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z There is the drowsy hum of bees in the air, and now and then the melancholy lilt of the yellow-hammer—last songster of the season. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z The male thrush is the songster, the female remains mute. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Strict justice to the Australian songster compels me to say that a few of them do achieve to the position of chorus girls. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Now and again the shrill or plaintive notes of unfamiliar songsters fall upon the ear, mingling with the cooing of the wood-doves and the low drone of the dragon-fly. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Most of the inhabitants had never seen that feathered songster and many had never heard of it. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Why, you know, the first bird seen by the Pilgrims when they came to this land was a bluebird—our earliest songster. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z When the spring songsters come, he takes leave of you. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The Press critics call him an "impulsive songster," and I do remember taking a little thing of his away in memory after reading a collection of his verse. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Here also are various gaudy feathered songsters, in cheap, home-made cages, besides monkeys, marmosets, and other household pets. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The songster is drunk with his own song. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The streamers were pulled one by one and the loving gifts were brought forth as a tribute to the sweetest songster of the band. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z No poet who respected himself was content to be merely a songster. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z There hung Virginia's bird cage against the casings of the window, perhaps placed by her own hands on the morning of the unfortunate catastrophe, but the little songster was lying dead upon the floor. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z It is really shocking, this display of these beautiful little songsters. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z The kingfisher, bee-eater, roller, hoopoe, woodpeckers, &c., utter harsh cries; and the brilliant birds of the tropics are hardly ever songsters.98 Hence bright colours and the power of song seem to replace each other. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z She half regretted at times that they had been compelled to forego the bird-hike, as she was so anxious to get in touch with the feathered songsters of the wood and field. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z On a chair, with his back to the door, stood the cook, and he was a noted songster who sang principally one song. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z We have still, however, some of the finest of the second class of songsters left; for the Nightingale, like Catalani, is a class by itself. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z The breezes were asleep; nor had August, in air or in thicket, one single songster left. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Many of the soft-billed birds are songsters; and a discussion in a former chapter should not be forgotten, in which it was shewn that the best songsters are rarely orna226mented with bright tints. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Upon my skin feathers begin To warn the songster of his fleeting; But never mind—I leave behind Songs all the world shall keep repeating. Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z In the centuries agone, such a songster would have been a first-class troubadour, much sought and praised in princely circles. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z The South of Scotland did produce Heroic Wallace and the Bruce, And even time will never blot The record of her Burns and Scott, And Tanahill renowned bard, And that sweet songster Ettrick Shepherd. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z It is nearly four o'clock, and the sun is well above the horizon before the real songster appears in the person of the blackbird. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z Nevertheless it would be extremely rash to assume that parrots are descended from some ancient progenitor which was a songster. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z The lovely songsters of the grove warbled forth their notes of delicious music in joyful harmony. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z The winter-wren is another marvelous songster, in speaking of whom it is difficult to avoid superlatives. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z The burden of the chant is always stereotyped, and purports to have been gleaned from the warble of the feathered songsters of the forest. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Oh, happy little songsters! would to Heaven that my rest could be as sweet and tranquil as theirs this night? The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z The bark of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the hinny of mules, the neighing of horses, even the tones of the human voice, are all imitated by this versatile and incomparable songster. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The Spurs go marching on, as their 34,000 songsters in the stands bellowed into the chill night air in London. On Soccer: Tottenham Goes Marching On in Champions League 2011-03-10T17:24:41Z In a land of the beech and sugar-maple I do not find the same songsters that I know where thrive the oak, chestnut, and laurel. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Keats is the author whom our artist has honored, and surely the shade of that much neglected songster owes something to a picture which must popularize one passage at least in his works. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z My cousin, Tom, was songster and call the plays at all the dances, and they turned 'cordin' to what he'd sing. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Cheerful lambs around us caper, Woodland songsters hail the morn; But frail man is doom’d to labour, Weep, and sweat, and sigh, and mourn. Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z They organized themselves into guilds, which, in imitation of the old knightly songsters of the days of chivalry, they called Meistersingers. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Your first impression will be that that cluster of azalea, or that clump of swamp-huckleberry, conceals three or four different songsters, each vying with the others to lead the chorus. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Spirit rather than melody characterized the efforts of these wildwood songsters. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z That glorious songster, the Australian Magpie, is placed in this family. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z "In spite of what may have been the best intentions, Hicks and Gillett have been catastrophic for the club, they've been like unwanted houseguests who overstayed their welcome," continued the songster by popular demand. The Fiver 2010-10-13T14:54:00Z The male is a tireless songster, and even at noon-tide of a sultry summer-day, when all other warblers are silent, his monotonous song will be heard. Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [January, 1898] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life The wood-thrush and the hermit stand at the head as songsters, no two persons, perhaps, agreeing as to which is the superior. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z "You are no songster then, my hero of the road?" quoth he in kindly tones. A Blot on the Scutcheon Famous songster; whip-like smack at end of one of its calls. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z I fear my ears will be too hard, and my eyes too dim, ere that time come when I may seek to enjoy the melody of the songsters, or the verdure of their habitations. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 But by-and-by, when that songster had wailed for as much as a week, those high priests on the dancing-floor began to show signs of life. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Beside the groups of our more familiar birds which I have thus hastily outlined, there are numerous other groups, more limited in specimens but comprising some of our best known songsters. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z The little owls, the great wood-peckers, the tiny songsters of the reeds and bushes, he looked upon as his brethren. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests Sings melodiously soaring, also on moonlight nights; "one of our most pleasing songsters." An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z Ah! is he blind, who erst, untiringly, Searched wildwood, prairie, meadow, rock, and wold, For you, sweet songsters, clad in yellow gold? Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Harweda, however, cared very little about birds, so he took no notice of the songster. In Story-land Instead of the bobolink, one encounters here, in the June meadows, the black-throated bunting, a bird closely related to the sparrows, and a very persistent, if not a very musical songster. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z While a beautiful songster, the species is so quiet and unobtrusive that by sight it is entirely unknown to many. Food Habits of the Thrushes of the United States USDA Bulletin 280 At the head of the family, we have an exact representative of the Reed-Warbler of Europe in the delightful plain-brown songster which charms all who frequent river sides. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z "Agreed!" cried all the guests at once, "but who's to be the songster?" Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I She placed it by the songster's side— And, lo! the image seemed his bride! Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom It is an exquisite songster, and pours forth its notes so rapidly and with such sylvan sweetness and cadence, that it seems to go off like a musical alarm. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Or is it that the larch rules the orchestra, and with his green baton signals to the songster to strike into the symphony? Springtime and Other Essays The man who has these delightful songsters on open land near his home is indeed fortunate. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z Mr. Oldstone quickly converted it into a wreath, and decreed it should be placed upon the songster's head by the fair hands of the pretty Helen. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The little songsters of the adjoining grove were paying their tribute of praise in melodious strains. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Before Arisuga became a soldier he had been a poet, a musician, a songster—one who had responded at nature's high behest to all manifestations of beauty. The Way of the Gods The songster was idly hunting through the branches, singing, while his mate—busy little housewife—was hard at work getting her building stuff. A-Birding on a Bronco This beautiful songster, singing at Heaven's gate, pours forth a flood of melody. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z He had come to Scotland in the train of the ambassador of Savoy: the three pages, or songsters, who used to sing trios before Mary, wanted a bass, and Rizzio was appointed. Lives of Celebrated Women The little songsters of the adjoining grove were paying their tribute of praise in melodious strains. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Three cheers were given for the invisible songsters, who as heartily responded. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 Bright red, including large blunt bill; crested; black markings on face and throat; female olive-gray, tinged lightly with red and obscurely marked; fine songster. Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago As there was a continuous chorus of these fine songsters above the crops, the reason for the name Harvest Birds was apparent. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z From edible songsters he progressed to the cooking of these, and thence to speech on the art of cooking at large. Ewing\\'s Lady When in listening to the nightingale, we try to catch a glimpse of the shy songster, we are moved by a deeper feeling than curiosity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Say, will the lark imprison’d sing So sweet, as when, on towering wing, He wakes the songsters of the sky, And tunes his notes to liberty? Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards Occasionally a bright-plumed songster would start up and dart through the inaccessible foliage, but more frequently we disturbed snakes and lizards in our journey. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Fine songster, many melodious calls; whip-like smack ends one of notes. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z He was one of those little brown songsters that sing as follows: Seeing her watching him, he now chanted his little anthem in his best style. Anne He had not been wrong as to the voice; it was fresh and lovely, like the blackbird in the woods, uneducated and unspoiled, but full of natural charm, tender and joyous as the feathered songster. Black Diamonds It was said that Maui had painted the bodies of his invisible songsters and for a long time had kept the delight of their flashing colors to himself. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina It may be urged that these are not our big men, and that the brazen blaring of popular trumpets has drowned the blithe piping of tenderer songsters. A Novelist on Novels "Fine songster, ranks with the Skylark;" sings flying like Skylark. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z For thee, fair fruit, the songsters of the grove With hungry bills from bower to arbour rove. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem An armistice was tacitly concluded; and with suspended breath they listened to the heavenly music, until they at length perceived a beautiful winged songster fluttering about the branch upon which the veil was hanging. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist And he always says, 'It's God's infinite love, my child, that has given us all these beautiful things, and these songsters that choir His praises.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 He knew not whether to envy the applause which the songster received, or to feel offended at the subject of his song. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. These Australian songsters are now divided into five closely-similar species, all possessing the same rich carol. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z She has taught these feathered songsters my name and my songs. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors An active songster, a lively wren From the hazel-bough, Beautiful hooded birds, woodpeckers, A vast multitude! Ancient Irish Poetry In singing with boys who have already acquired it the younger ones catch the style, just as birds are taught to sing by trained songsters. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. In birds also the similarities to our own familiar songsters first strike us, though the differences are perhaps really greater than in the quadrupeds. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras One of the best of songsters, rich notes. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z "If the screeching of an owl can be called singing," replied he, "I sing like the feathered songster of the grove." Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Nevertheless it is amongst such typical songsters as the Warblers that we find the greatest volume of imitation, and no limit seems to be placed upon their capacity. Territory in Bird Life A class of demi-gods, the songsters of the Hindú Paradise, or Indra's heaven. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa Although these highly colored creatures of the feathered tribe, like the butterflies, are almost innumerable, one is forced to admit that there are few sweet songsters among them. The Pearl of India There, around the crystal fountains Heaven fondly sinks to rest, Sighing through the wooded mountains By its balmy waves caressed; Where among the pleasure-bowers, Hidden by the fruits and flowers, Thousand motley songsters nest. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. When you have penetrated far into Macoushia, you hear the pretty songster called troupiale pour forth a variety of sweet and plaintive notes. Wanderings in South America For musicians the nightingales and all the other songsters of the woods. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Next to the Mockingbird's medley, the rich, mellow whistle of the Cardinal is the most prominent bird voice in the choir of southern songsters. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season Only one single path led up to the summit of the Precipice Stone, whether one came from Tordona or from Malyinka, and my songster was evidently coming from the latter place. Eyes Like the Sea When we find such a flower in solitude, is it not as if everything about it were glorified, and as if the little feathered songsters loved most to linger near it? Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. It was charming to hear the sweet and plaintive notes of this pretty songster of the wilds. Wanderings in South America If we really loved music, or the drama, we should be content to hear well-managed voices, and see finished acting, without paying five or six thousand pounds to dress the songsters or decorate the stage. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) It rarely sings at this season and then only an echo of the heavenly music which has won for it first place among American songsters. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season Drawn aimlessly by the pathos of the songster's lay, Carter wandered to the window to gaze out into the moonless midnight. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch The Pulaski City Clarion reprints her poems and calls her 'sweetest of Southland songsters.' John March, Southerner We could not but be amused, notwithstanding the delicious trilling notes that drew us grew fainter and fainter, and we despaired of seeing our songster till the important affairs of that mouse should be settled. Upon The Tree-Tops Peace has a dwelling near a wood Where the cooing pigeons brood, Where the sweet-voiced nightingale Unto the moon her song doth pour, And songsters swell the echoing vale For evermore, for evermore. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. The voice is richer, more cultured—if one may use the term—than that of its brilliant orange-plumed cousin; indeed, in my opinion, this species deserves a place in the first rank of our songsters. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season French Canadians are native-born songsters; and their simple ballad melodies, full of réfrain and repetition, sounded very pleasing even to Argent's amateur ears. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement “Here is your precious songster,” he said, with bitter irony. Legends & Romances of Brittany The mockingbird is a joyous, rollicking, marvelous songster; the wood thrush moves the very soul with his ecstatic notes; the clarin equals the latter in quality, with a much larger variety. Upon The Tree-Tops Those who have heard only the Wood-Thrush commit a very pardonable error in placing him first on the list of our songsters. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 We had drinkers, songsters, debaters, gamblers, jokers, and a few inclined to be quarrelsome, all of which added to the variety of the occasion. Gold Robert thought the blue-bird's voice a poor apology for his native songsters. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement The lady pitifully raised what was left of the dead songster and bitterly lamented over it. Legends & Romances of Brittany The impertinence of this disreputable bird in thrusting her plebeian offspring upon the divine songster, to rear at the expense of her own lovely brood, was not to be tolerated. Upon The Tree-Tops Why, look at the cerebral development of this tiny songster,—almost a third larger, in proportion to the size of its body, than that of Shakspeare even! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 He was the purveyor for village songsters, having ever in his pack the most modern and captivating lace and ribbons, and the newest song and madrigal. Old Roads and New Roads The songster heard his short oration, And, warbling out his approbation, Released him as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 He has been taught to whistle parts of tunes, and is as readily tamed as any of our domestic songsters. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897 You may not have heard of it, but it is true nevertheless that I am a famous songster, and it will be indeed a pity that a gift so rare should be lost. The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India He is the only songster of my acquaintance, excepting the Canary, that displays different degrees of proficiency in the exercise of his musical gifts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The Robin is not one of our most charming songsters, yet its carol is sweet, hearty and melodious. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 After School Hours School is closed and tasks are done, Flowers are laughing in the sun; Like the songsters in the air, Happy children, banish care! Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 HE Mocking Bird is regarded as the chief of songsters, for in addition to his remarkable powers of imitation, he is without a rival in variety of notes. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897 And sitting thus amid the stark, silent trees, above the wet, cold earth, with the chill of winter in the air, there is no fitter or sweeter songster in the whole round year. Eighth Reader The Winter-Wren is another marvellous songster, in speaking of whom it is difficult to avoid superlatives. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The good that that society has done in checking the habit of wearing birds in bonnets, seems to have been fairly counterbalanced by the increase in the number of songsters captured for cage purposes. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 The sweetest songsters are easily accessible, and all may enjoy their presence. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 1 July 1897 Many of the fine songsters are not brilliantly attired, but this fellow has a combination of attractions to commend him as worthy of the bird student’s careful attention. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1897 The songster's liquid notes fell about them, and they were enthralled. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story In a country of the Beech and Maple I do not find the same songsters that I know where thrive the Oak, Chestnut, and Laurel. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 A few steps more brought them in sight of the melancholy songster. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice I sit writing upon this dear green terrace, feeding at intervals my little golden-breasted songsters. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen The purple finch is our finest songster among the finches. Ways of Nature The songster adventured on with the "Amsterdam Maid," another stanza and chorus. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution, a more recent authority, and an excellent observer, tells me he regards it as preëminently our finest songster. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Not strictly a songster, yet his every note and call is from out the soul of harmony. Under the Maples It is a good songster, and in a state of captivity imitates various tunes. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 The power of bird-songs over us is so much a matter of association that every traveler to other countries finds the feathered songsters of less merit than those he left behind. Ways of Nature As he went to the bathroom his whistling and vocal efforts vied with the feathered songsters outside the window. Death Points a Finger One of the most marvellous little songsters whose acquaintance I claim is the White-Eyed Flycatcher. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 These sweet songsters are abundant in suitable localities, nesting at low elevations in chaparral. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Whatever he may lack as a songster he more than makes up by his wonderful beauty. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 If they did, the Darwinian theory of "sexual selection" in such matters, according to which the finer songster would carry off the female, would fall to the ground. Ways of Nature Suddenly the patroon heard the note of the whippoorwill, the nocturnal songster that mourns unseen. The Strollers Your first impression will be that that cluster of Azalea or that clump of Swamp-Huckleberry conceals three or four different songsters, each vying with the others to lead the chorus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 These sweet songsters are quite abundant in New England in the summer, but more so north of our borders. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. As the first name indicates, he has no equal, perhaps, among the songsters for beauty of dress. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 Birds of Paradise displayed their gorgeous plumage, and the air was vocal with the melody of trilling songsters. Henry IV, Makers of History Scouts are the birds' police, and wo betide the lad who is caught with a nest and eggs, or the limp corpse of some feathered songster that he has slaughtered. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 No dog chained beside his kennel is more invariably present, no caged songster more incontestably anchored. A Breath of Prairie and other stories These beautiful birds are among our sweetest songsters from May until September. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Haste little songsters, for the Spring Has come with her laughing train Of radiant blossoms; and now the King Is here, and the pattering rain. Out of the North And then as the Blackbird reflected, he all at once called to mind who it was,––this songster of the night! What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps A French battalion of tirailleurs, accidentally coming on our route, had surrounded the grove, and carried off the horses unperceived, while our gallant troopers were chorusing the songster. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 “Prospector?” he asked, indicating the dilapidated songsters of the desert. Louisiana Lou A Western Story They are sweet and persistent songsters and frequent side hills, pastures, roadsides, gardens and dooryards if English Sparrows be not present. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Haste, little songsters, and return To your nests in the silent wood; The birches are lonely and they yearn For your twittering brotherhood. Out of the North Feelings and aspirations move like flocks of caroling songsters. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Absorbed and dreaming I listened to these strange new songs and studied the singular faces of these alien songsters. A Son of the Middle Border He who walks through the forest laughing, talking, and singing, hears not the sweet notes of the songster nor sees the wild things. Heart Talks This beautiful black and white bird with rosy red breast and under wing coverts, is one of the most pleasing of our songsters. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. They are indeed beggars, but they are also songsters. Our Children Scenes from the Country and the Town The heavenly songsters would string anew their harps, and send the good news far and wide, "He lives, he reigns, God over all, blessed forever." The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 The gay little songsters were a veritable revelation to them—especially to the Colonel. When Dreams Come True Some first-rate songsters and musicians have been produced among the Gipsies, and whose merits have been acknowledged. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement This is the most common of the Vireos in the greater part of its range and is a most persistent songster, frequenting groves, open woods or roadsides. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. It seems to be a general law of nature that the finest songsters have the plainest coats. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The day is hailed by a full concert warbled from the throats of feathered songsters. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Buds were bursting in the hedgerows, birds were building, songsters sang among the branches, and the air was sweet and mild. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius But as, in presenting these examples of the musical teachableness of the "feathered songsters," I am enter15ing the domain of music as an art, I will not further digress. Music and Some Highly Musical People They have a thrush-like bill and the teetering habits of the Sandpiper, and they are said to be one of the sweetest of songsters. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. “Yes—yes!” repeated a thousand rival songsters; or were the sounds I heard but the echoes of her voice, still pealing through the glad chambers of my heart? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness It was worth while to have come into the country ahead of time, as city people reckon, to get my fill of this Northern songster's music. Birds in the Bush The dewdrops were still sparkling upon the terraced lawns like little globules of flashing silver, and the tumult of noisy songsters from the thick shrubberies alone broke the sweet silence. The New Tenant Some of them were of large size—large enough to accommodate half a dozen of the little songsters—and all were very handsome and, apparently, expensive. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure This large, handsome songster is found breeding in just such localities as are preferred by the Catbird and the two are often found nesting in the same hedge or thicket. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Now and then the tiny songster disappeared in what looked like a slight crack in the wall, but instantly reappeared, and resumed his siren strains. A Bird-Lover in the West But he would need to work hard to steal more than does that indefatigable songster, the robin. Birds in the Bush Wild nature in her grandeur had No charm for me, no charm for me; Did not the songsters chant thy name From every tree, from every tree. Revised Edition of Poems They allowed our pretty songsters to share in the bounties of providence. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville These loud-voiced songsters are well known in the south where they are very abundant, being found along banks of streams, in thickets, along walls, or about brush heaps. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. There, over her head and not five feet away, swaying perilously on a slender twig, 150 balanced the little songster, pouring out his joy to a responsive world. Lucile Triumphant In the visions of sleep there came to his side A sire with locks snow-hoary; And the songster sped with that sire for his guide To an unknown territory. Queen Berngerd, The Bard and the Dreams and other ballads Jimmy subsided, and they all listened with keen delight as Larry imitated a host of feathered songsters, each one so true to life that the audience applauded again and again. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room This was probably due to the fact that I was imbued somewhat with the spirit which prompted a Spanish songster to write: “Me gustan todas, Me gustan todas en general.” The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon In these two respects it suggests the solitary vireo, though it never reproduces the indescribably sweet cadence, the real "dying fall," of that most delightful songster. The Foot-path Way The beckoning shadows of the trees, the fragrance of the dew-drenched flowers, the trilling music of a thousand carefree, joyous little songsters, all combined in one irresistible appeal to the girls. Lucile Triumphant At the same time I warned them, above all things, to avoid destroying the feathered songsters. Fibble, D.D. Blossoms the rose red as its name; The trees aspire to heaven, like flame; Articulate the gold-eyed songsters; While angels lean from their place of fame. Song-waves At first they looked about for the songster; then they laughed; and then set to work fairly to howl him down. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon A Daire or oak grove spread its leafy shade over the whole, and gave shelter to the red deer and an unceasing choir of little songsters. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 The value of such study will be admitted by all who know how little is known of the songsters. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 The green grass was springing from the ground, the "Johnny-jump-ups" were in blossom, the trees were bursting into leaf, and the woods were full of feathered songsters. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 On through this field I marched in peace, bearing these flowers, listening to the songsters' choirs on high, and praising God, who made the beauteous flowers. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 This is more especially the case in the month of March, before the migratory songsters have arrived, when he is most loquacious. Our Bird Comrades When the feathered songster had warbled forth his lay and flown to a distant tree on which to try its notes, Charles asked: "Have you seen your father recently?" The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad A thrush sang in one of the elm trees, a brown songster carolling his vespers from a topmost branch. Antony Gray,—Gardener A chorus of songsters came out to greet the newly wedded pair, and sang so sweetly of love that Steve's delicate, sensitive nature thrilled in response. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives If troubadours did not exactly “touch guitars,” at least songsters tackled verse-making and helped to refine the table manners of barons and retainers by singing at dinner time. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England If the wood thrush's execution were less labored, he would certainly be a marvelous songster, and even as it is, he furnishes unending delight to those whose ears are trained to appreciate avian minstrelsy. Our Bird Comrades Regal in reserve, however, no less than utterance, the sovereign songster gave a welcome only, and then was silent; while a fine piping warbler caught up the theme, and discoursed upon it with liberal eloquence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 He is the parodist of the woods, and there is ever a mischievous, bantering, half-ironical undertone in his lay, as if he were conscious of mimicking and disconcerting some envied songster. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Only a day or two passed before a soft call-note was heard, a flash of blue, and the songster had arrived. Bird Houses Boys Can Build He is a native of America, and is one of the most familiarly known of our famous songsters. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 5 May, 1897 His sudden and emphatic cessation seemed to indicate that he was in a petulant mood, perhaps impatient with the intruder, or angry with a rival songster. Birds of the Rockies The feathered songsters were Caspar's most constant companions, and he understood every word they said. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The cow blackbird is a noticeable songster in April, though it takes a back seat a little later. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs But I must show you my oldest friend; I keep him in another room, as he is apt to talk too much, and my little songsters there don’t understand him. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good Legislative enactments made expressly to protect the insectivorous songsters are every day violated with impunity. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. Some of these points were settled afterwards and not on the morning of my first meeting with the chary little songster. Birds of the Rockies In many places some of our sweetest songsters and most useful insect destroyers have become very scarce or have disappeared entirely. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 April, 1897 This I call the ideal of love-making among birds, and is in striking contrast to the squabbles and jealousies of most of our songsters. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The songsters are all there, from the robin to the nightingale; as well as the partridge and the celebrated indigenous grouse. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Thereafter, for a period, the breath of rebuke and disrepute clung to the songsters; but a ship without a sing-song party is like a dog without a tail. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions This finch is a minstrel, not of the first class, still one that merits a high place among the minor songsters; and, withal, he is generous with his music. Birds of the Rockies This Wren has justly been called a perennial songster. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 April, 1897 Feet, wings, tail, color, head, and general form and size are all those of a song-bird,—very much like that master songster, the mockingbird,—yet this bird is a regular Bluebeard among its kind. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs A bird sang in the grove, tuning its lay to reproduce the notes of every songster that had warbled during the daytime. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea And the winged songsters answered her with little cries that mean "God keep you!" in bird language. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 They were quite scattering now, and lower trees and shrubs flourished in their shade, making a charming spot, and a home worthy even of this superb songster. In Nesting Time He listened a moment: all silent, and then The sweet little songster was singing again. The Nursery, October 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 4 He is one of the famous songsters of the English lanes and fields. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide "It don't sound like it," returned the songster. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Sometimes of a morning, and sometimes in the evening, and even when the meridian sun has silenced all the other songsters of the grove, that strange toll is heard. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Hovering in the air was a large hawk, about to pounce down upon the little songsters. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. But soon these feathered songsters must away, Ere winter's frosts shall chill them thro' and thro'; In other lands they find the summer day, The opening flower, and the refreshing dew. Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems Petrarch followed in his steps, and, if not as profound or original as Dante, yet is unequalled as an "enthusiastic songster of ideal love." A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges I have an inimitably good songster in the person of Terence Magrath, who teaches my girls. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) The best songster of the tribe is the Vervain humming-bird, found in the West India Islands. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America He awoke with the first rays of rosy morn, and listened to the lovely song of Nature's harmonists, the songsters of the grove. The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca The zephyrs disport with a light-bosomed song, And the joy-laden songsters flit over the lea— Yet the hours of the spring as they hurry along Bring nothing but sadness and sighing to me! The Minstrel A Collection of Poems But from the Muses' loftiest height The gifted songster never swerved, But proudly in his song preserved An ever transcendental flight; His transports were quite maidenly, Charming with grave simplicity. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Sudden swallows swiftly skimming, Sunset's slowly spreading shade, Silvery songsters sweetly singing, Summer's soothing serenade. The Book of Humorous Verse When discovered, he seems habited in sober colours; but he need not envy his gaily-dressed companions—while, as a songster, he remains unrivalled in his native woods. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The speckled trout swarmed in the creek and its small tributaries, the feathered songsters sung their evening and morning hymn, unmolested by man. The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca Tens of thousands never heard the sylvan choristers performing their morning's concert, filling with their melody, nature's own, the woods and groves wherein these feathered songsters "sport, live, and have their being." The Teesdale Angler It was as if the songsters from the forest were suddenly let loose, and even her own sisters were amazed at her song. At the Little Brown House A small brown hand shot out unexpectedly, dexterously, and the yellow songster found itself a helpless prisoner in the child's tight grasp. The Lilac Lady This truly admirable bird is a songster of no mean capacity. Birds of the Indian Hills British songsters, says a writer in The Daily Chronicle, are now being illegally used to regale the wealthy gourmets of the West End in place of the foreign varieties, which can no longer be imported. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 The room was full of music; he seemed to grow blind for a moment, when lo! upon the kitchen-table sat the mysterious songster, an ebony-hued negress, scouring the tinware, and singing away. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive One of our London songsters has recorded that "there's always something doing by the seaside"; and that is equally true of down Thames-side. Nights in London The wild winds wail themselves asleep, The rills drop tear-like down the steep, In forest glooms the songsters mourn, For thee—who shall no more return! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 The song brought with it the recollection of all the little songster had outlived—the love, hope, and fear that had sprung up and grown and died, since I had first heard his warbling. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy High up, on a topmost twig, the mocking-bird pours forth his mimic note, as though he would shame all other songsters into silence. The Scalp Hunters Just as he was peering through the window, the ebony songster discovered him. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive The wild-wood songsters appear to echo it, as if mockingly; the blue jay, and red cardinal, seem scolding him for intrusion on their domain! The Death Shot A Story Retold Ruth Fielding was always interested in those busy, helpful little songsters. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point We cannot but think this Bacchic theme a little unsuitable for our youthful songsters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 It was with grave concern that I watched the gayly dressed little songster for an entire day to see if he would take upon himself the duties of the mother-bird. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State The tousled songster seized the photograph in righteous anger. Apron-Strings I shall be gone—long before the wild-wood songsters are singing their ‘reveillé’ to awake you. The Death Shot A Story Retold The campaign songsters had taken a leaf from the Salvation Army, and appropriated all popular airs for political purposes. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 And feathered songsters all secure, The merle, the lark, shall come and sit Amongst her emerald chevelure And build their nests in it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 11, 1914 Few individuals of our own race refuse their homage and admiration to the sweet songster. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State It was the testimony of a choir to its finest songster—a testimony strong with pride. Apron-Strings "Mind how each hireling songster tunes his throat, And the vile knight beats time to every note: So Nero sung while Rome was all in flames, But time shall brand with infamy their names." The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency So numberless the songsters are that sing In the sweet groves of that too-careless spring... Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts An impertinent, ridiculous twitter came from a tiny scarlet-crowned songster, as if it were trying to advise and direct the hard-pressed boy. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old He is one of our finest songsters, and stands at the head of the Finches, as the Hermit at the head of the Thrushes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 In this delightful retreat a natural concert greeted him of feathered songsters darting to and fro and singing lustily. Tales of the Caliph All the air is full of the sweet warblings of innumerable songsters. Molly Bawn Under torture, the divine songster abjured his propensity in the following very hopeful shape— "Oh, father, do some pity take, And I will no more verses make." The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Soon many of the little dark songsters flew back to where the fox lay. Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children One of the leading songsters in this choir of the old Barkpeeling is the Purple Finch or Linnet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 But suddenly into the sonorous strains of Luther's Hymn broke the joyous trill of a linnet's song, and the bird alighting upon a neighboring poplar seemed challenging the unseen songster to a trial of skill. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims After the time of the invasions "bellicose," "belliqueux," and such words lost their strength and dignity, and were left for songsters to play with if they liked; a tiny phenomenon, the sign of terrible transformations. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The Hutchinson family, than whom no sweeter songsters gladden this sorrow-darkened world, have been singing in Washington, to the President, and to immense audiences, everywhere giving unmixed delight. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Of course, such actions on the part of Jasper Jay did not make the songsters of Pleasant Valley like him any better. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales Like every other songster of the feathered tribe, their age depends on how old they are when captured. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 Like a sensible man he complied at once, without affecting that air of false diffidence which is so common among modern songsters and story-tellers. Erling the Bold At the other end was an aviary filled with numerous feathered songsters, several species of gay plumage. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Never from a feathered songster had I heard notes more sweet or harmonious. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas In his opinion, Buddy Brown-Thrasher was the most annoying of all the feathered songsters. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales Not till then had we supposed that the songster was a bird. On the Banks of the Amazon I trust so," thought the Count; "but the fair songster who signals from her window and has clandestine meetings at midnight with masculine voices must expect some incredulity on that point. Doom Castle How mysterious to reflect that the same qualities on their emotional side made him the great songster of the world, and on their practical side drove him to ruin! Robert Burns He is one of the most remarkable of the American birds, and is generally considered the finest songster in the New England forest. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 A chorus of robins and thrushes and a few other songsters would be more appropriate than an orchestra. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Though we all four looked about in the direction whence the notes came, the mysterious songster could not be discovered. On the Banks of the Amazon No bird's nest rewarded his search, for the place was absolutely destitute of feathered songsters during the late spring and summer, and, with a single exception, he never found a bird there in winter. The Bird Study Book Of birds of beautiful plumage the Mexican tropics abound with life, and they are famed for their fine feathers, and as songsters. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Late in August, when other birds have mostly become silent, he is sometimes the only songster in the wood. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 The wearing of feathers and the skins of birds for ornament is the chief cause of the final flight of many of our songsters. Bird Day; How to prepare for it These hirundines are no songsters, but rather mute, making only a little harsh noise when a person approaches their nest. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 The former is every way larger, and three-quarters of an inch longer, and weighs two drams and p. 60a half, while the latter weighs but two; so the songster is one-fifth heavier than the chirper. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 It is quite certain that as late as Ben Jonson, ‘seamster’ and ‘songster’ expressed the female seamer and singer; a single passage from his Masque of Christmas is evidence to this. English Past and Present But the Blue-Bird does not equal the Redbreast as a songster. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Then, too, the sportsmen's guns and the small boys' slings and shooters of various sorts are constantly bringing down numbers of the feathered songsters. Bird Day; How to prepare for it They are no songsters, but twitter in a pretty inward soft manner in their nests. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 I question whether the latter be much of a songster; but in this matter I want to be better informed. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 One of the children of Christmas there is “Wassel, like a neat sempster and songster; her page bearing a brown bowl”. English Past and Present The truth is, that the Thrushes, though delightful songsters, possess inferior powers of execution, and cannot equal the Finches in their capacity of learning and performing the notes of other birds. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 A silence as of some high-arched cathedral reigned, broken occasionally by the antiphony of feathered songsters in the trees overhead. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania The saucy songster is an especial favorite with American poets. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The reason that they are called autumn songsters is, because in the two first seasons their voices are drowned and lost in the general chorus; in the latter their song becomes distinguishable. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 It is one of the wise provisions of nature that many of the most brilliantly winged and most enchanting songsters are our most practical friends. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition I am not peculiar in my admiration of this little songster. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 After several years of such consideration The Woodlands had become a kind of bird sanctuary, where the little songsters appeared to know they were free from molestation. For the Sake of the School A song the Major was fond of singing, Softly and Sweetly it Comes from Afar, almost involuntarily, sprang from us all, though our great songster, Jack, was not with us. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Perhaps Eastwick and its environs, where you heard so very few birds, is not a woodland country, and therefore not stocked with such songsters. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 This has been the meeting-place of these songsters for many a long year, and there is an old legend which gives us the reason. Legends of the Rhine Yet a nesting-tree, a thousand leagues from city discords, gives forth better music with deeper meaning and higher message—albeit the songster sings only from love of song. Lords of the North His genius had shaped itself exactly on Béranger's, and he resented as a personal affront every insult offered to the songster. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 "Should such a contingency happen, the number of these feathered songsters included in the catastrophe would, in all probability, be simply—ah—nought!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892 The snows disappeared; buds swelled on the tall trees, and burst forth into canopies of leafy-green, and the feathered songsters came hieing from southern bowers, with wings of light and songs of gladness. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Going into the wood to see what strange songster this was, the sound changed to most wonderful music which compelled him to follow it. Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway. And now he exhorts the songsters of the wood, flowers, youth, everything that is lovely in nature and in life, to rejoice in its existence, and to praise the Creator. Strife and Peace It is not handsome, and it is not a sweet songster, so that man is not disposed to give it much protection. Chatterbox, 1905. These are to encourage the starlings and other songsters to settle in them, as there are no trees. Denmark What subtle power paints the rose, and tunes the merry songster's voice? Plain Facts for Old and Young They are reported to be excellent songsters, that play on the Sicilian coasts, and tempt passengers on shore, where they sing them asleep and kill them. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The songster proved to be a cook preparing the evening meal. On the Fringe of the Great Fight And away the songster flew, first to his home, and then, after some outstanding duties and civilities, over to his thicket among the May blossoms. The Story of a Dewdrop All the rest played either viol, violin, organ, virginals, or harpsichord, or were "songsters." Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Strawinsky's nightingale, too, comes to the palace and sings, and all the ladies of the entourage fill their mouths with water in the hopes of better imitating the warbling of the songster. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers It was sweeter by far than the machine-made trills and roulades of the artificial songster, and he felt instinctively that only by its return could death be charmed away. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Already we are being driven almost crazy with the mosquitoes and black flies, songsters of no mean calibre, especially at night. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour We flew to the rescue—struck down the invader Before the sweet songster had yielded his life, Put an end to this cunning and mischievous raider, And quieted all of the songster's great strife. Our Profession and Other Poems The Reformation, as surely as it threw down every carved stone, shut up the mouth of every profane songster. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century This sweetest of songsters sits beside Every hearth in this Christian land, Ever so humble or never so grand, Gloating o'er crumbs which many a hand Gathers to nourish it, far and wide. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems It grows wild allover the earth, and serves as food for small birds, such as finches, linnets, and other feathered songsters of the woods. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Again I rang the bell, and the songsters began on the third verse. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) It is the only songster, says Bates, which makes any impression on the natives. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The gayest feathered songsters that came north with the Spring did not rival the variegated hues of the harlequin birds that rose daily from the German airdromes. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights I envied then the favored breeze That dallied with your flowing hair, Begrudged the songsters in the trees And longed to be a flow'ret fair— Some favorite blossom like heartease— Within your miniature parterre. Poems Vol. IV It flowers throughout the whole year, and is the favourite food of many small birds, being thus given to canaries, and to other domesticated songsters. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Here amidst sylvan bowers we'll rove, From lawn to woodland stray; Blest as the songsters of the grove, And innocent as they. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series Save the hummers, beautiful plumage is rare, as well as fine songsters. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America All things here Whisper repose and peace; the very birds That 'mid the golden fruitage glance their plumes, 320 The songsters of the lonely valley, sing— Welcome from scenes of sorrow, live with us. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan For tropic airs are blowing As soft as whispered roundelay From unseen lips that seem to say To feathered songsters going To sunnier, southern climes afar, "Stay where you are—stay where you are!" Poems Vol. IV The glow-worm crept there, but his tiny lamp was dimmed by brighter fairy eyes; the noisy cricket and the songsters of the grove hushed their notes, to listen to the harmony. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside True songsters, like the birds, warble to be heard, understood and loved, and not to astonish or puzzle. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Each songster poured forth his heart in fresh, frank praise of his mistress's beauty, or in chiding of her cruelty, or in lamenting her unfaithfulness. The Age of the Reformation A much-travelled woman, a wide reader—especially in the matter of the occult; a superb musician; a Patti and a Lind rolled into one, made her the most wonderful songster of the day. The Mark of the Beast But his extreme modernness—"Life is a cliché—I would find a gesture of my own"—is, in the case of so lively a songster, an evidence of vitality. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters If I know anything about His Royal Highness you'll gain a fortune sooner by writing a ballad or two for this pretty songster. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' But a whole aviary of highly colored songsters would not have assuaged Gay's woe at that moment. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It At this hour the birds are wide awake and hungry; a hundred unknown songsters warble their native wood-notes wild. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative “Your Mission” so gladly welcomed at Washington made him the first gospel songster, chanting round the world the divine message of the hymns. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Were man to disappear, annihilated by his own foolish errors, the festival of the life-bringing season would be no less worthily observed, celebrated by the fluting of the yellow-billed songster. Social Life in the Insect World One much stronger than thou hath seized thee, though thou art a songster. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Yet, although it is not much of a songster, it is almost a sacred bird with me, in consequence of the associations connected with it. Essays in Natural History and Agriculture Nightingales are plentiful in the neighbourhood; the numerous thickets, dense and secluded, affording excellent shelter to this shy songster. Hertfordshire The former has already been noticed as the best songster in the plains of India. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Perceiving that we are watching him the grosbeak ceases his ringing tones and drops into that dreamy, soft, melodious warble, which is characteristic of this songster as it is of the catbird. Some Spring Days in Iowa In "The Birds," the songsters of the woods are frequently heard trilling their lays. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour An occasional note from the returning songster was welcomed as the brightest harbinger of the truly delightful season. Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton Here the voice of the invisible songster again ceased, and although both Ellen and her companion listened long for its repetition, they listened in vain, for it was heard no more. Blackbeard Or, The Pirate of Roanoke. The birds sing sweetly; you catch yourself watching to see what new songsters they can be: they are only the old robins and thrushes, yet what a new melody is in their throats! Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons At this point the clerk stood up, and looked once more at the songster, who was taking a short pull again, with a suspicious, and somewhat angry glance. The House by the Church-Yard The feathered songsters filled the air with their sweet melodies, and nature with all its gladsome beauty was spread before him. The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives Scarce seems the wave to roll, so sweetly flows The tranquil stream, inviting soft repose: While on its side, in tuneful contest gay, Their mellow notes the feather'd songsters play. Gustavus Vasa and other poems Grateful, in her deep silence, one loud thrush Startled the air with song; then every bush Of covert songsters all awoke, And all, as to their leader’s stroke, Into full chorus broke. My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale And—oh, horror!—the songster came down to her. The Way of the Wild They tried to put the thought away, for though Nutter was not a joker, nor a songster, nor a story-teller, yet they liked him. The House by the Church-Yard Mr. Straker craned his head to look out at the church, then at the low stone wall, as if he expected to see the songsters performing on a stage before a row of footlights. The Stolen Singer Our songsters too, oh! who shall dare to breathe one slighting word, Their plumage dazzles not—yet say can sweeter strains be heard? Successful Recitations The bulbul, though not the bird known by that name in Persia, is a pretty songster; but he is as desperate a fighter as a gamecock. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 But all through this desert we listen in vain for some songster. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government First Appearance of The American Warbler, The only songster ever known to whistle popular airs to piano accompaniment. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Yes, Alfonso, that is, all that was left of the vivacious, happy songster, as we once knew her. The Harris-Ingram Experiment His sister Sally is not a songster, nor is Quilp, though he quotes ‘Sally in our Alley’ in reference to the former. Charles Dickens and Music "It is not the voice of a native songster," said the Khoja demurely, "but the foreign nightingale sings so." Miscellanea Our little feathered songsters are too few now and most states have very severe penalties for killing or molesting them. Outdoor Sports and Games The lids slowly closed over their eyes, and they slept quietly and sweetly, till wakened in the morning by the warbling of songsters who welcomed the rosy dawn. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories There was to be a grand wedding; every one was invited, and of course the Nightingale was needed to lead the bridal chorus of feathered songsters. The Curious Book of Birds To my mind he is one of the dearest of all our native songsters. Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young So many charming birds are slaughtered to adorn the headgear of our women folks, that it has been feared some of the songsters might become extinct. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 39, August 5, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Some few birds—bluebirds, robins, cedar birds and song sparrows will stay all winter if it is mild but as a rule we must not expect the arrival of the feathered songsters until March. Outdoor Sports and Games The birds have gone forward very rapidly; it is likely that there were no songsters at the first part of this period, but these singing birds have developed very rapidly in later times. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The stone-pine, with all its bower of songsters, lay overthrown upon the plain. The Piazza Tales The bright sunlight, the waving trees, the joyous notes of the feathered songsters seemed a mockery. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War With no tools but their tiny feet and sharp little bills, these feathered songsters build their habitat, more cunningly and artfully than any artisan could hope to do even after a long apprenticeship. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader Public sentiment in American womanhood eventually rescued the songsters of the world—in part, at any rate. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him After a pause, they walked on again, hand-in-hand, gazing at each other, at the glorious heavens, and drinking in the thrilling melody of the songsters of the grove. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Do you know, the feathered songster I love best—the nightingale—uses the mixed vowels too. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers A light breeze slightly rustled the leaves of the trees, among whose branches an occasional songster piped forth his morning lay of rejoicing. Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life Sweet the song of thrushes filling all the air with shake and quiver, While the feathered songsters, vying each with each, their songs are trilling, Sweet the sound, oh sweet the sound. Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century When daylight broke, a search-party found the little songster's cold, clammy body. Windjammers and Sea Tramps The choir, where the unearthly scream and the demon laughter had resounded, was now vocal with the melodies of the blackbird, the thrush, and other songsters of the grove. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest "Its resemblance to the voice of some of our British songsters, as well as the use of it, which is peculiar to our nation, confirms me in this opinion." A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character The songsters of the woodland, when their customary crops of insects and berries are cut off in the fall, gather themselves to renew their loves and get married in more genial climes. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader It was a beautiful and cheering sight to see them gliding over the clear waters, while their voices mingled with those of the songsters which nature had given to the hillside and the forest. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" Good-bye to the old farm, with its peaceful, busy days; its glad days and its sad days; its merry songsters and its whip-poor-wills; its old-time industries and its hearty hospitalities! That Old-Time Child, Roberta "Is thy heart broken, poor bird?" exclaimed the young man, taking up the hapless songster, yet warm and palpitating. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Everybody assembled on deck by degrees, and the songsters enjoyed a glass of grog when their labours were finished, after which we all went to bed again. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Creeping close to the place where the sound came from, we discovered the songster to be a song-sparrow. Camping For Boys The brilliant songster was pouring out his heart in that fine cry of strength and hope which he sends resounding over hill and vale. The Redemption of David Corson When the final verse seemed about to reach an unpardonable climax a stage policeman opportunely appeared and moved the lively songster on for obstructing the imaginary traffic of an imaginary Bond Street. When William Came Coaxingly with a perfectly futile hand she tried to lure one astonished yellow songster back from a swaying yellow bush. The White Linen Nurse The nightingale is universally admitted to be the most enchanting of warblers; and many might be tempted to encage the mellifluous songster, but for the supposed difficulty of procuring proper food for it. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 The birds had ceased to sing, save for a chirp now and then as Gigi's passing wakened some tired songster. John of the Woods Upon my skin feathers begin To warn the songster of his fleeting; But never mind, I leave behind Songs all the world shall keep repeating. Echoes from the Sabine Farm A series of pretty stories of feathered songsters, for little men and women, alike interesting to the young and children of an older growth. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884 And the breezes whispered to the note of the songster birds, and from the branches brought to me sweet slumber, though my heart was well-nigh broken. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times "If there are nets about this tree, I will wring your neck for the false songster that you are." Sir Mortimer I love to lie within the shade, On grassy couch, by nature made, And listen to the warbling notes From her fair songsters' feathered throats. Mountain idylls, and Other Poems I looked down and around, but could not see the feathered songster, as the novelists always call a bird. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women Now we really can't tell these people our true feeling, which is that we do not believe in peeking in on the privacy of the laburnums or any other songsters. Mince Pie Now silvery streamlets, from the mountain stealing, Dance joyously the verdant vales along; Cold fear no more the songster's tongue is sealing, Down in the thick dark grove is heard his song. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Again, upon another, a Strasburg pie displayed its delicious brown, the members of the emerald songster of the fen lay whitely delicate, and accompanying absinthe revealed the knowledge of Gallic preferences. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy And then, while the little songster went on, undismayed by its cage, a reaction set in. Halcyone But Shanks was the songster of the party. Across China on Foot Ladies and Gentlemen, I shall commence by an attempt to give you an imitation of that popular and favourite songster, the Thrush—better known to some of you, I daresay, as the Throstle, or Mavis! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891 Alas! that mournful thoughts should spring E'en from that happy songster's glee! The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Yorkshiremen are keen songsters, and fortissimo is their favourite note of expression. The Parish Clerk The sound creates its wonted frame: My bed at home, the songster hid Behind the wainscoting,—all came As long association bid. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell And every wall is eloquent with vine; Far-reaching avenues make beckoning sign, And as we stroll along their tree-lined way, The songster trills his rapture-breathing lay From where he finds inviolable shrine. The California Birthday Book List'ning to the merry songsters In the near-by leafy world; Such sweet music seems to bear me Nearer to the gates of gold. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians What happens to the robins, doves, larks, red birds, mocking birds and all songsters in this hungry season needs hardly to be stated. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation You will listen to the lark and linnet, and be glad that the happy songster trilling such sweet notes is free to fly where he wishes, and is not pining in a cage. Stories of California No cheerful warble of a merry songster would ever greet our ears. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show In two years you'll be sore, anyway, whenever it does anything but stand 55 at night, 72 at noon and shine like the spotlight on the illustrated songster. The Rules of the Game I shot the strange songster, on which the female flew from the nest. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 He has not suffered himself to become a mere intellectual voluptuary, nor the songster of fancy and passion, but has earnestly revolved the problems of life, and his conclusions are calmly noble. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Glenn faithfully repeated every word and gesture of his dialogue with Joe, and the unsophisticated girl's joyous laugh rang merrily up the echoing vale in sweet accompaniment with the carols of the feathered songsters. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described One by one the songsters grew tired and ceased as a pale star grew visible here and there in the transparent sky, and complete silence fell on the garden. Five Nights "Surest thing you know," replied Baker as the train moved on, leaving the songster to his ecstasies. The Rules of the Game Two manuscript poems in my scrap-book testify that another songster, early in Field's Chicago life, enjoyed his friendship and inspired his pen along a line it was to travel many a tuneful metre. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Joined to these, Innumerous songsters, in the freshening shade Of new-sprung leaves, their modulations mix Mellifluous. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations We could see the birds, native and foreign, flying from branch to branch of trees which grew within their gigantic cages, and occasionally we heard the notes of some songster. By the Golden Gate |
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