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The petterel and the halcyon were the birds the sailor loved, and he forgot the songs of the inland woods in the moanings that haunt the very heart of the tumultuous sea.— Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
We ascended every hill within our picket-lines and called it a "peak And, by the way, during those halcyon days (the halcyon was there, too, chattering above every creek, as he is all over the world) we fought another battle.— The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1
For the halcyon was a fabled bird, whose nest floated upon the sea.— A Portrait of Old George Town
And, by the way, during those halcyon days (the halcyon was there, too, chattering above every creek, as he is all over the world) we fought another battle.— The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1
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