she-oak-tree

Updated: May 6, 2025

And as Faber here paused, there came a strange laugh from the fantastic she-oak-tree overhanging the stream, a wild, impish laugh. "Pooh! it is but the great kingfisher, the laughing-bird of the Australian bush," said Julius Faber, amused at my start of superstitious alarm.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - A Strange Story — Complete

And as Faber here paused, there came a strange laugh from the fantastic she-oak-tree overhanging the stream, a wild, impish laugh. "Pooh! it is but the great kingfisher, the laughing-bird of the Australian bush," said Julius Faber, amused at my start of superstitious alarm.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - A Strange Story — Volume 07

Here we see also the she-oak-tree, which is said to emit a curious wailing sound during the quietest state of the atmosphere, when there is not a breath of wind to move the branches or the leaves. This tree is found growing near the sea in Australia, and is said to have borrowed the murmur of the conch-shell. It has proved to be the inspiring theme of many a local poet.

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