The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-06-13

sations of mystery and awe which L felG
when to my young imagination 1t SEEM
ed like the voice of spirit. CONSIDER
this booming of the night-hawk as one
of the most peculiar sounds IN nature.
The nioht-hawk and whippoorwill are
not entirely dissimilar. They resemble
one another, and both place their eggs
on an elevated ground, their nests be-
inc nothing more than a slight depres-
sion of the surface. The eggs OF the
t,ro species are very similar, being
whitish. with blotches of pale brown,
equal at both ends, and always two In
number. The night-hawS, however,
does not, like the whippoprwilb confine
its nesting TO the woods. Its eggs have
been frequently found on the fiat roofs
of high warehouses in our Northern
cities. Probably the height OF these
buildings creates an artificial solitude,
which the birds may easily mistake for
that of nature. saE
NorE.-The following lines were
nrinted last autumn in little volume
entitled ssThe City and the Sea-" pub
Iished in aid of the s'Hospital Fair" in
Cambridge. The measure of the poem
is dactyllic, and was used to harmonic
with the word "whippoorwil-" L have
mixed no other meter with the piece,
and have repeated no rhymes. believe
this is the only purely dactyllic compo-
sition in our language. This meter has
probably been neglected on account OF
the difficulty of writing it. Bishop
Heber's Epiphany Hymn" which In
strength and beauty of versihcahon Is
unedualed in the works of any author,
is dactyllic except in the termlnatlons OF
the lines.
THE wHIPPORwILL-
ITtdden In twilight far off in the woody fell,
Waking the echoes from high rock and cita-
When the clear waters in moonlight are SHIN
When the soft banners of even are glimmer-
Rornd the horizon empurpled and vapory,
prom his high arbor of evergreen drapery,,
When the cool night winds are futterina
SINGING his HYMN to the solitude cleerily-..,
Hear the loud whippoorwiil' whippoor"hl
WhippsoFRiii, "whippoorwin, whippoorwil
svlvian4 lyrical, musical whippoorwini -,
WhippoorwI, whippoor"iA' Whippoor"Ai
whippoorwil.
Lone sereuader. awalling the Silly night,
Prom his green bowery halling the Iuh'u
When the dor-beetle is wandering airily.
When the small Owlet is foraging charliy'
Hosts of gay creatures in all the VIDE lat
tnde
oufetiy Sleeping in silent beatitude,
Perched on his moss covered DattAenehI IA
alone,
Calling aloud I'm his musical monotone -,
Hear the lone whippOorwuli WmppOofWA
;. wbipnoo1PRiii. wihiippoorwin, whippoorwill
I,remite, Isolate. wandering whippoorwill, =,
u Whippoorwill. whippOOrWul, Whlppoor"A
whippOorwil
, Oft have Ioitered at eve in the solitude,
Tracing his hauuts in the NAPLES and holly
/ wood, $500
When the loud din of the village was qutetec
. Merry birds sleeping where lateiN tiey IlOtcu
I nnfuNu- darkness perNAdlng the WliueIneSs
: I An tie sweet solitude silent and echoless;
[ Ioitered alone I'm the mellow eve pohuerln
/ ON the weird shadows that greeted my won
dcrfng-
Z Charme, with the whippoorwill, whlppoor
whippaarwii, whippoorwill. whippoorwiI
SfbvIinc, mythical ominous whippoorwil, -
= WhippoouNill whppoorwiil, Whippoor"ll
, whippoorWill
: Rirl Of the wilderness dearer than Phtlomel
Echoes are telling thy notes from the hill an
, ,,,eT'7,.nd r,ourncrs delighted arc listening
: VIXEN the first star in the dew drop Is gllSteN
, waiting the call Of the SYLVAN chorister-
l lonely nocturnal aud erenlte forester, .
/ Prophet of giadnc--, bat never loIeDougln1s
- CnraIIing cheerily from his green domlclle,
! Uttering wnippoorwill, wnippoorwill, ~hlI
{ plorvil .,
! whippoorwill, whippoOrwill, whippoorwh
whppoorWnl, .,
Y / WhippoOrwill, WhippCOrwLl, whlppoorWu
wblppOOrWlll ,-,,
= H-ilson FgG9g, ia Boston Transcript