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Its musical and far-heard whistle is doomed for evermore to deluge my soul in a 'sea of soft-blue memories.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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There is the sound of foot-falls as light as falling leaves, a strain of far-heard pipes and timbrels.
The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 1922
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The Suns rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, oer the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.
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Their every mood has colors beyond the rainbow; every thought rings in far-heard melody.
AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901
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But faint, far-heard, the answers fall and swell --
In Divers Tones Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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His strong voice rang out, clear and far-heard, as he spoke.
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Connecticut clock, floats an uproar of delighted voices, a medley of stirring foreign sounds, an echo of far-heard music of a strangely alien cadence.
Italian Hours Henry James 1879
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But Hermes withal invented the skill of a new art, the far-heard music of the reed pipes.
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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The far-heard roar and the near commingled, giving Mr. Barmby a semblance to the powers of ocean.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868
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The far-heard roar and the near commingled, giving Mr. Barmby a semblance to the powers of ocean.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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