songster

• He was a welcome visitor and songster, and his appearance in spring was always hailed with joy. —  The Bark Covered House
• Nature's songster is the worst sort of songster I know He walked with an ample softness into the little hall, and passed out through the French windows of the drawing room into the shadowy garden On the lawn he found Lady Locke sitting alone, sipping her coffee in a basket chair. —  The Green Carnation
• It was the testimony of a choir to its finest songster--a testimony strong with pride At that same moment, sounding from beyond the heavy door that gave to the Church, came a long-drawn howl of mingled rage and woe. —  Apron-Strings
• Some time after the discovery of the den of this reptile songster, my sister, going to feed five or six pigeons which she had in a little hut, perceived a large serpent, who seemed to have a wing on each side of his mouth. —  Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.
• Other ears would listen to the warbling songster--other forms would sit in her accustomed seats and enjoy the pleasing sunshine--other hands would pluck the lonely flowers blooming in beauty all around--other footsteps would roam over the soft green grass that gently raised its head as she tripped lightly along in former years. —  Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton

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