Those who make the nation's songs (so much more admirable than its laws) advise us to look for the silver lining, to seek the Blue Bird, to put all our troubles in a great big box and sit on the lid and grin.
If they had been American song-writers, they would have said that skies were grey and that they had lost the blue bird.
Those who make the nation's songs (so much more admirable than its laws) advise us to look for the silver lining, to seek the Blue Bird, to put all our troubles in a great big box and sit on the lid and grin. Alice Corker had been unable to follow this counsel.
Bill the Conqueror. 2.II Bill Undertakes a Mission
At any rate, from the moment of his arrival, happiness took to itself wings. If they had been American song-writers, they would have said that skies were grey and that they had lost the blue bird.
Louder & Funnier. Butlers and the Buttled