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Definition of Nightfalls
1. nightfall [n] - See also: nightfall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nightfalls
Literary usage of Nightfalls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1874)
"0, when the nightfalls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then, is the reign, of the
horned owl I And the owl hath a bride, who is fond and bold, And loveth the ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1836)
"nightfalls on some who never see the morn.' With this ominous remark he goes out;
and the act concludes with a scene between Leonora, her sister Mencia, ..."
3. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"... since a strange, dark fate Hath rent them from all beside ! So, when the
nightfalls, and dogs do howl, Sing Ho ! for the reign of the Horned Owl ..."
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