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
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1882 - 642 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 scrtams, and echoes lond Redouhled and redouhled ; concourse wild Of jocund din I And, when there came... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1882 - 560 pages
...through an instrument, '-'. 9H 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 quivering peal^, And long haloos, and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 630 pages
...put his hands to his mouth and shout aloud, mimicking the hooting of the owls, who would answer him " with quivering peals, And long halloos and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled." When they failed to answer him, and he hung listening intently for their voices, he would sometimes... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1882 - 420 pages
...long halloos, and screams, and echoes loud Eedoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of jocund din !z And, when there came a pause Of silence such as baffled his best skill :8 Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 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 - 1883 - 734 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... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 326 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...Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of jocund mirth and din ! And when it chanced That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill : Then sometimes in... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 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...Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of jocund mirth and din ! And when it chanced That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill : Then sometimes in... | |
| Phil Robinson - Birds in literature - 1883 - 540 pages
...ffurdis: The Favourite Village. (67) 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. — Wordsworth : Imagination. (68) By tarn and rill The night-birds all that... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 270 pages
...his hands to his mouth, and shout aloud, mimicking the hooting of the owls, who would answer him " with quivering peals, And long halloos and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled. " When they failed to answer him, and he hung listening intently for their voices, he would sometimes... | |
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