Bobolink Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Bobolink


Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note; Braggarts and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat. Bryant—Robert of Lincoln.	1
Robert of Lincoln is gayly drest, Wearing a bright black wedding-coat; White are his shoulders and white his crest. Bryant—Robert of Lincoln.	2
One day in the bluest of summer weather, Sketching under a whispering oak, I heard five bobolinks laughing together, Over some ornithological joke. C. P. Cranch—Bird Language.	3
When Nature had made all her birds, With no more cares to think on, She gave a rippling laugh and out There flew a Bobolinkon. C. P. Cranch—The Bobolinks.	4
The crack-brained bobolink courts his crazy mate, Poised on a bulrush tipsy with his weight. O. W. Holmes—Spring.	5
Out of the fragrant heart of bloom, The bobolinks are singing; Out of the fragrant heart of bloom The apple-tree whispers to the room, “Why art thou but a nest of gloom While the bobolinks are singing?” W. D. Howells—The Bobolinks are Singing.	6