"Catbird" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... him, and his song is rather of the Bloomfield sort, too largely ballasted with prose. His ethics are of the Poor Richard school, and the main chance which calls forth all his energy is altogether of the belly. He never has these fine intervals of lunacy into which his cousins, the catbird and the mavis, are apt to fall. But for a' that and twice as muckle 's a' that, I would not exchange him for all the cherries that ever came out of Asia Minor. With whatever faults, he has not wholly forfeited that superiority which belongs to the children of nature. He has ...
— My Garden Acquaintance • James Russell Lowell
... down fair rural glades Come sounds of tinkling bells, And songs of merry brown milkmaids Sweeter than catbird's ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various
... as a catbird with two tails!" sang out the fun-loving Rover. But his pale face was not in keeping with his words. Tom was not yet himself. But be wasn't going to show it— especially on Dick's ...
— The Rover Boys in New York • Arthur M. Winfield
... dawn, into which father and Evan vanished with their fishing rods; then sunrise, curtained by a slant of rain, during which the birds sang on with undamped ardour, a catbird making his debut for the season ...
— The Garden, You, and I • Mabel Osgood Wright
... at the same time smiled to herself. The Indian name "Pokamp" or catbird had come to her mind shortly after her quarrel with Miss McMurtry during the afternoon. "Minerva," she now proposed faintly, "she was the ...
— The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill • Margaret Vandercook
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