. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders . ¥- ff>i rrrHf But this is only one phase, although a very common one, of the hermits music,better than that, and be-ber of most extraordinarilyvery whistles, he gives us a |^{Sreedlike series of pianissimotones which I can only likento those of aharmonicon. It is verylikely that this peculiar na-ture of these pianissimo notes—they can not be heard more thanforty feet away — suggested to He can do evensides a num-clear sil-subdued, #tj|. The Hermit Thrush. * Familiar Features of the Roadside. 90 FAMILIAR LIFE I
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders . ¥- ff>i rrrHf But this is only one phase, although a very common one, of the hermits music,better than that, and be-ber of most extraordinarilyvery whistles, he gives us a |^{Sreedlike series of pianissimotones which I can only likento those of aharmonicon. It is verylikely that this peculiar na-ture of these pianissimo notes—they can not be heard more thanforty feet away — suggested to He can do evensides a num-clear sil-subdued, #tj|. The Hermit Thrush. * Familiar Features of the Roadside. 90 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. Burroughs the hymnlike quality of the hermits songwhich he so often mentions. I must quote what hesays: A strain has reached my ears from out thedepths of the forest that to me is the finest sound innature—the song of the hermit thrush. ... It ap-peals to the sentiment of the beautiful in me, andsuggests a serene religious beatitude as no othersound in nature does. It is perhaps more of anevening than a morning hymn, though I hear it atall hours of the day. It is very simple, and I canhardly tell the secret of its charm. O spheral,spheral! he seems to say; O holy, holy! O clearaway, O clear away! interspersed with the finesttrills and the most delicate preludes. But this is the sentiment of the song; what of thesong itself ? That I can only describe with musicalannotations. There is first a prolonged tone, prob-ably A; this is succeeded by another shorter one athird above, another a fifth a
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