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"Bird of night" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... soft shape did to the waist prevail, But the boy ended in a dragon's tail. I told the stern Minerva all that passed, But for my pains, discarded and disgraced, The frowning goddess drove me from her sight, And for her favourite chose the bird of night. Be then no tell-tale; for I think my wrong Enough to teach a bird to hold her tongue. 'But you, perhaps, may think I was removed, As never by the heavenly maid beloved: 50 But I was loved; ask Pallas if I lie; Though Pallas hate me now, she won't deny: For I, ...
— The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase • Joseph Addison, John Gay, William Sommerville |
Words linked to "Bird of night" : laughing jackass, Strix nebulosa, hawk owl, Strix occidentalis, bird of prey, Strigiformes, Strix aluco, tawny owl, Sceloglaux albifacies, Athene noctua, order Strigiformes, raptor, long-eared owl, screech owl, little owl, hoot owl, spotted owl, laughing owl, great gray owl, Asio otus, great grey owl, Surnia ulula, raptorial bird, barred owl, barn owl, horned owl, owlet, Otus asio, Strix varia, Tyto alba, scops owl |
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