“And at that moment, a lilting melody lifts to the moon as a single sparrow sings.”
“In mirth he mocks the other birds at noon,Catching the lilt of every easy tune; But when the day departs he sings of love,—His own wild song beneath the listening moon.”
“The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.”
“My sparrow, she flickers and wakes and sings and sings. ”
“Somewhere, a sparrow is singing in B minor.”
“A twinge at the edge of her lips and she continued, the soft, slow lilt of recitation: "Ancient walls that sing the distant hours.”