| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. | | | | Birds |
| | A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Ecclesiastes, Chap. x. Ver. 20. | 1 |
Forewarn’d, if little bird their pranks behold,
’Twill whisper in her ear, and all the scene unfold.
Shenstone.—The Schoolmistress, Verse 17. | 2 |
A little bird in the air whispered the secret.
Longfellow.—The Spanish Student, Act III. Scene 5. | 3 |
There are no birds in last year’s nest!
Longfellow.—Miscellaneous Poems. (It is not always May.) | 4 | | |
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