whippowil

As she sat at her window and saw evening close in upon her in that broad forest home, and heard for the first time the mournful notes of the whippowil and the harsh scream of the jay in the distant woods, she was oppressed with a sense of vastness, of infinity, which she never before experienced, not even on the ocean.

Brave Men and Women Fuller, O E 1884

The elder, overcome with fatigue, soon sank into a peaceful slumber; but the young enthusiast lay long awake, listening to the lone voice of the whippowil complaining to the night.

Brave Men and Women Fuller, O E 1884

From bank and hill the whippowil sends piping forth his flute-like notes,

Legends of the Northwest Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878

Hark! -- the waters hush their sighing, and the whippowil her call,

Legends of the Northwest Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878

Hark! -- the waters hush their sighing and the whippowil her call,

The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878

From bank and hill the whippowil sends piping forth his flute-like notes,

The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878

The elder, overcome with fatigue, soon sank into a peaceful slumber; but the young enthusiast lay long awake, listening to the lone voice of the whippowil complaining to the night.

Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs 1867

As she sat at her window and saw evening close in upon her in that broad forest home, and heard for the first time the mournful notes of the whippowil and the harsh scream of the jay in the distant woods, she was oppressed with a sense of vastness, of infinity, which she never before experienced, not even on the ocean.

Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs 1867

The whippowil has struck up his evening song, and the sweet and dying notes of the swamp-robin tell you that he is hanging his harp upon the dark green-cypress for the night.

Pictures of Slavery in Church and State; Including Personal Reminiscences, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. etc. with an Appendix, Containing the Views of John Wesley and Richard Watson on Slavery 1857