 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, — with...  The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth - Page 117by William Wordsworth - 1820Full view - About this book
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1876 - 452 pages
...interwoven, both hands i * Pressed closely palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, us through uu instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls,...Responsive to his call, with quivering peals, And long hulloos, and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 552 pages
...there, with fingers 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 auswer him; and they would shout Across the watery vale, and shout again, Responsive to his call, with... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...both hands 3* 58 CATHCART'S LITERARY READER. Pressed closely palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings...concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when a lengthened pause Of silence came and baffled his best skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence, while... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1878 - 446 pages
...as his finest poem. THE BOY AND THE OWLS. Pressed closely palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings...concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when a lengthened pause Of silence came and baffled his best skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence, while... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...there, with fingers interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings...call, — with quivering peals, And long halloos, and screams/and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1880 - 738 pages
...there, with fingers interwoven, both hands Press'd closely palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings...loud, Redoubled and redoubled, — concourse wild Of jocund din; and, when a Icngthen'd pause Of silence came and baffled his best skill, Then sometimes,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...there, with fingers interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of jocund din ! And, when there came a pause Of silence such as baffled his best skill : Then, sometimes,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...there, with fingers interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of jocund din ! And, when there came a pause Of silence such as baffled his best skill : Then, sometimes,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1880 - 1436 pages
...and brings us into unity with nature, may be given — the passage about the boy on Windermere, who Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls That they might...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of jocund din. And when there came a pause Of silence, such as baffled his best skill, Then sometimes... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1880 - 354 pages
...there, with fingers interwoven, hoth hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings...peals, And long halloos, and screams, and echoes loud Redouhled and redouhled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced That pauses... | |
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