“I distinctly heard the blackbird from the top of a spruce tree, and clear as glass I heard the lark high up… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
“And now above and beyond the birds' song, Andy hears a more distant singing, whether of voices or instruments, sounds or words,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
You must hear the birds song without attempting to render it into nouns and verbs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image