"Crake" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... began to give forth its long liquid gurgling; and a corn-crake churred in the young wheat. Again the night brooded, in the silent tops of the trees, in the more silent depths of the water. It sent out at long intervals a sigh or murmur, a tiny scuttling splash, an owl's hunting cry. And its breath was still hot and charged with ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... not know a note of music and he had no more voice than a corn-crake, but crushing up on to the music-stool by my side, he banged away with his left hand while I played with my right, and we sang together in ...
— The Woman Thou Gavest Me - Being the Story of Mary O'Neill • Hall Caine |
