doubt, in the old fable which tells us of the transformation of Philomela, daughter of Pandion, King of Athens, into a nightingale, when Progne, her sister, was changed to a swallow.[68]
LAMENTING PHILOMEL.
Hence also the name Philomel, which is often applied by the poets to this bird.
“Philomel, with melody,
Sing your sweet lullaby.”
Song—Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act ii. Sc. 2.
“By this, lamenting Philomel had ended
The well-tun’d warble of her nightly sorrow.”
Lucrece.
“His Philomel must lose her tongue to-day.”