As the wakeful bird
Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid
Tunes her nocturnal note—
Moschus. Id. III. 9.
Αδονες αἱ πυκινοισιν οδυρομεναι ποτι φυλλοις.
Book III. v. 217.
He asked, but all the heavenly quire stood mute,
And silence was in heaven.
Il. κ. 218.
Ὡς ἔφαθ. οι δε αρα παντες ακην εγενοντο σιωπῆ.