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
| 560 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1800 - 240 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...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
...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...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 - 1815 - 442 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...wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced 297 That pauses of deep silence mocked his skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Aesthetics - 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 - Aesthetics - 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...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, while he hung... | |
| England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...described : " With fingers 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." Then comes the plantation for immortality :— " When it chanced That pauses of deep silence mock'd... | |
| Periodicals - 1825 - 500 pages
...both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Slew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him. — And they would tlunil Across the watery vale, and slund again, Responsive to his call, — with quivering peals, And... | |
| William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...Power be proud to own. of ifir Jmaflt nation. 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 78 79 Moablrd and redoubled ; concourse wild "fourth and jocund din! And, when it chanced 1 Tkat panaes... | |
| 1847 - 558 pages
...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... | |
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