cicala

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They had not gone far from the capital ere they plunged into a deep, dark, silent forest—silent save for the strangely monotonous song of the cicala, and so for miles, and so for many leagues.

From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon

The cicala sang in the flower of the pomegranate, the frog sang by the pond.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

Glow-worms and fireflies gleamed like diamonds among the foliage, and outside was heard the splashing of the tiny waves and the shrill cry of the cicala.

From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick

You are to hear a voice that puts to silence all others, as the trumpet the flute, as the cicala the bee, as the choir the tuning-fork.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

Till 1884 this was allowed to stand:—   The lizard, with his shadow on the stone,   Rests like a shadow, and the cicala sleeps.

From The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Collins, John Churton