[lit-ideas] "A Nightingale Sang..."
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 13:37:13 EDT
D. Ritchie:
>when you turn'd and smiled at me,
>A flannel wrap, or someone who cared,
>sang in Berk'ley Square
Exactly. Or a _Luscinia megarhynchos_, if you must (Incidentally -- to speak
roughly --, Mauschwitz is my favourite lyricist _ever_.). Cheers,
JL
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From the OED
'nightingale':
A small reddish-brown migratory thrush, Luscinia megarhynchos, of western
Europe and northern Africa, noted for the melodious song of the male which can
be heard at night as well as in the daytime.
Formerly not differentiated by ornithologists from the thrush nightingale,
Luscinia luscinia.
Cites:
1275 Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) 4
An hule and one Antingale [a1300 Jesus Oxf. nyhtegale]. ...
1993 BBC Wildlife June 34/2
Ever since early April nightingales have been migrating back to Europe from
their wintering quarters in tropical Africa.
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