Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyts New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
The sun was set; the night came on apace, And falling dews bewet around the place; The bat takes airy rounds on leathern wings, And the hoarse owl his woeful dirges sings. GayShepherds Week. Wednesday; or, The Dumps.
Far different there from all that charmd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore; * * * * * * Those matted woods where birds forget to sing. But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling. GoldsmithThe Deserted Village. L. 345.