Here on the spray-kissed beach,

In silence, that between such friends as we

Is full of deepest speech.

WHIP-POOR-WILL AND KATY-DID

Slow de night 's a-fallin',

An' I hyeah de callin,

Out erpon de lonesome hill;

Soun' is moughty dreary,

Solemn-lak an' skeery,

Sayin' fu' to "whip po' Will."