 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...  Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions - Page 112by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1847 - 804 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...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...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when a lengthened pause Of silence came and baffled his best skill, Then,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1878 - 446 pages
...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...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when a lengthened pause Of silence came and baffled his best skill, Then,... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...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...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill, Then, sometimes,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...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...call, — with quivering peals, And long halloos, and screams/and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1880 - 1436 pages
...about the boy on Windermere, who Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls That they might answer him ; and they would shout Across the watery vale and shout...baffled his best skill, Then sometimes in that silence, while he hung Loitering, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice Of... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...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...his best skill : Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice Of... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...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...his best skill : Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice Of... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1880 - 738 pages
...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...redoubled, — concourse wild Of jocund din; and, when a Icngthen'd pause Of silence came and baffled his best skill, Then sometimes, in that silence while... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1880 - 330 pages
...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...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill, Then, sometimes,... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1880 - 354 pages
...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...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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