[109] The birds called halcyons were said to build their nests on the water, and, while they were brooding, to keep it calm.

Her secret vows the Cyprian Queen approves, 410 And hovering halcyons guard her infant-loves; Each in his floating cradle round they throng, And dimpling Ocean bears the fleet along.

" 95 From ozier bowers the brooding Halcyons peep, The Swans pursuing cleave the glassy deep, On hovering wings the wondering Reed-larks play, And silent Bitterns listen to the lay.

This bird, often called a "hornbill" by foreigners in the Philippines, is probably the halcyon kingfisher (Ceyx euerythra) of the islands.

These halcyons may be looked for with a little more assurance in that pure October weather which we distinguish by the name of Indian summer.

36 No civil broils have since his death arose, But faction now by habit does obey; And wars have that respect for his repose, As winds for halcyons, when they breed at sea.

The Naseby, now no longer England's shame, 230 But better to be lost in Charles' name, (Like some unequal bride in nobler sheets) Receives her lord: the joyful London meets The princely York, himself alone a freight; The Swiftsure groans beneath great Gloster's weight: Secure as when the halcyon breeds, with these, He that was born to drown might cross the seas.

Let halcyons lay the sea-waves and the winds, Northwind and Westwind, that in shores far-off Flutters the seaweedhalcyons, of all birds Whose prey is on the waters, held most dear By the green Nereids: yea let all things smile On her to Mitylenè voyaging, And in fair harbour may she ride at last.

" The halcyon days of Squash Tennis were the 1920s and 1930s.

"Not all the storms that shake the pole, Can e'er disturb thy halcyon soul, And smooth unalter'd brow.

These halcyon days, too, were but of short duration.

Scutari was included in it as being a purely Albanian town, and King Nicholas and his army, after enjoying its coveted flesh-pots for a few halcyon weeks, had, to their mortification, to retire to the barren fastnesses of the Black Mountain.

" These little pleasantries are echoes of the halcyon days when Steele thought Savage a very fine fellow, made him an allowance and even proposed to become the poet's father-in-law.

SEE Guyer, Michael F. GUYER, MICHAEL F. Laboratory outlines for animal biology By Michael F. Guyer & Halcyon W. Hellbaum.

HELLBAUM, HALCYON W. Laboratory outlines for animal biology.

By Michael Frederic Guyer & Halcyon W. Bellbaum.

SUBORDER OF HALCYON BIRDS SUBORDER HALCY'ONES Which have their front toes grown together so that they cannot walk on them.

Dark melodist, immortal, though the dew Fell early on the bays upon your brow, And tinged with pathos every halcyon vow And brave endeavor.

Before these halcyon days of freedom, the supremacy of Paris was little felt in the provinces, except in dictating a new fashion in dress, an improvement in the art of cookery, or the invention of a minuet.

Before these halcyon days of freedom, the supremacy of Paris was little felt in the provinces, except in dictating a new fashion in dress, an improvement in the art of cookery, or the invention of a minuet.

Such was the ingenious arrangement of the thatch, that the birds were deceived, and, seeing there some grains to pilfer, red-beaked gulls, "arrhinisgas" of black plumage, and gray and white halcyons frequently came to rest upon it.

Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be, As Halcyons brooding on a winter sea.

But these halcyon days were not to last long.

For the Turk, each one of these birds has a gentle meaning, or a benignant virtue: turtle-doves are favorable to lovers, swallows keep away fire from the roofs where they build their nests, storks make yearly pilgrimages to Mecca, halcyons carry the souls of the faithful to Paradise.

Amid the howl of more than wintry storms The Halcyon hears the Voice of vernal Hours, Already on the wing!