te-de-us

Updated: May 1, 2025

Only the big woodpecker he of the scarlet head and mighty bill is indefatigable, and somewhere unseen is "tapping the hollow beech-tree," while a wakeful little bird, I guess it is the black-throated green warbler, prolongs his dreamy, listless ditty, 'te-de-terit-sca, 'te-de-us wait. After about an hour of easy walking, our trail began to ascend more sharply.

Henry Van Dyke - Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness