Citations:whip-o'-will

English citations of whip-o'-will

• 1893, George Thatcher, “Talks”, in Full of Fun, Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, →OCLC, Poetic Inspiration, page 69:

  But up in the vine-clad desert, where the whip-o'-wills were ripe, / A maiden fair, with azure hair, stood gathering moss-grown tripe.

• 1899, Louise Jordan Miln, Little Folk of Many Lands, by Louise Jordan Miln, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 4:

  Every darkie boy and girl can whistle wonderfully; they mock the black birds, the robins, the thrushes, and whip-o'-wills, and a score of other wild birds, with the perfection of imitation.

• 1910 March 2, F. W. Williams, “A Short Story. From a High-School Magazine.”, in Puck‎^[1], volume 67, number 1722, New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, →OCLC:

  The whip-o'-wills were murmuring in the marshes and, ever and anon, came the mysterious night voices from the bosky forest.