 Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him. — And they would shout Across the watery vale, and shout again, Responsive to his call...  The Poets' Birds - Page 351by Phil Robinson - 1883 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
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...your horse holded, sir." Well, the bard of Avon was right, as were other poets who eulogize the — "Echoes loud, Redoubled and redoubled, concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din." For there is nothing more exhilarating to the senses of all keen and ardent spostsmen than the rich... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 240 pages
...interwoven, both hands Press'd closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls That they might answer him. And they would shout Across the wat'ry vale and shout again Responsive to his call, with quivering peals, And long halloos, and screams,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...both hands . Press'd closely palm, to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent Owls That they might answer him. And they would shout Across the wat'ry vale and shout again Responsive to his call, with quivering peals, And longhalloos, and screams,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 pages
...silent owls That they might answer him. And they would shout Across the watery vale, and shout aga'n Responsive to his call, with quivering peals, And...redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls That they might...redoubled; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls That they might...redoubled; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced 297 That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 326 pages
...specimens taken with little choice. The first from the lines on the " BOY OF WINANDER-MERE," — who " Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they...would shout, Across the watery vale and shout again With long halloos, and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled, concourse wild Of mirth and... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 316 pages
...owls, That they might answer him. And they would shout, Across the watery vale and shout again With long halloos, and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled...redoubled, concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din. And when it chanc'd, That pauses of deep silence mock'd his skill, Then sometimes in that silence,... | |
 | 1829 - 1008 pages
...both hands Press'd closely, palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him." Then comes the plantation for immortality :— " When it chanced That pauses of deep silence mock'd... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth LJplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they...redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence,... | |
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