Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyts New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Bluebird
So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren? Hush, dear, hush! Be quiet, dear! quiet as a mouse. These are weighty secrets, and we must whisper them. Susan CoolidgeSecrets.
In the thickets and the meadows Piped the bluebird, the Owaissa. On the summit of the lodges Sang the robin, the Opechee. LongfellowHiawatha. Pt. XXI.
Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away? The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky Thou still canst find the color of thy wing, The hue of May. Warbler, why speed thy southern flight? ah, why, Thou too, whose song first told us of the Spring? Whither away? E. C. StedmanThe Flight of the Birds.