"Owlet" Quotes from Famous Books
... Rock-a-bye, my little owlet, In the mossy, swaying nest, With thy little woodland brothers, Close thine eyes and ... — Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature • Ontario Ministry of Education
... A spotted owlet, disturbed by the driver's encouraging, "Pop-pop! Dih-dih-dih! Ho-ho-ho! children of jungle swine; brothers to buffalo!" addressed to the horses lagging in the climb, fluttered away with ... — Caste • W. A. Fraser
... gloom is spread O'er each turret's murky head, While from th' Owlet's dismal cry Intruding joys ... — Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines 1741-1810 • Edward Ziegler Davis
... were weary! weary! And the eves were dull and long, With the cricket's chirp of sorrow, And the owlet's mournful song. But in slumber oft she started In the still and lonesome nights, Hearing but the traveller's footstep Hurrying ... — The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 • Various
... little secret of joy hidden away somewhere inside. We surprise her sometimes, sitting alone on the floor talking to herself about it; and then she tells us bits of it—as much as she thinks we can understand. But most of it is still hidden away, her own private little secret. And there is an Owlet, a Coney, a Froglet, and a Cheshire Cat, a Teddy-bear, a Spider, a Ratlet, and a Rosebud. We are aware that this list is rather mixed; but to be too critical would end in being nothing, so we are ... — Lotus Buds • Amy Carmichael
... over meadow, Lighter than an owlet's shadow, We will whirl it through the air, Through ... — Songs of Childhood • Walter de la Mare |