from _EVANGELINE_ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow p. 1847 ====================================== Loud and sudden and near the notes of a whip-poor-will sounded Like a flute in the woods; and anon, through the neighboring thickets, Farther and farther away it floated and dropped into silence. (2.3.167-69) ======== ** contributory thanks to Sam Droege ** ======== ========