It is the noontime of the year, when men should seek repose Where rustic lakes go rippling and the water-lily grows; Come, let us swerve a season from the dusty urban track, And off with Louis Auer to his Lake Pewaukee shack!
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
The boat had made the slip, and the few passengers, at this quiet noontime, were drifting off.
"Sisters"
Kathleen Norris
Now, you young ones that ain't doin' nothin', play all yer want ter before noontime, for after ye git through eatin' at twelve o'clock me 'n Sarah Maud's goin' ter give yer such a washin' an' combin' an' dressin' as yer never had before an' never will agin, an' then I'm goin' to set yer down an' give yer two solid hours trainin' in manners; an' 'twon't be no foolin' neither.
"The Birds' Christmas Carol"
Kate Douglas Wiggin