Before this little company breaks up we will sing a hymn and hab a word ob prar.
He began to sing again, and, a little before nine o'clock, repaired to his post of duty.
Kern took up his little daughter, and began to walk in the yard and sing as usual.
In the case of "Sissy" there was a pathetic, contralto, minor quality in her tones, and the first time young Watson heard her sing a spell was thrown round his fancy which led to all the rest.
Lord," she demanded shyly, "how would you singof love?
I will sing for you a Sestina, messieurs,--a Sestina in salutation of Spring.
Minstrels unborn willsing of this great love of yours.
Yet if Queen Ysabeau herself were to bid me singthis song, I could not refuse, for, Christ aid me!
No, Owain, if the planets do indeed sing together, it is, depend upon it, to the burden of Fools All.
My brother, I do not question your sincerity, yet everybody knows you sing with the voice of an unhonored courtier.
They shall sing and give thanks, for in the Lord have they trusted, and they shall never be confounded.
I to disclose the secrets of the inner dungeons of my prison-house--that spot which poets sing as blessed--Home!
You sing uncommon well, pretty one,' he said, stopping and putting his hat even farther back than usual to look up.
He lived to see many Christmas trees "at home," in that old country where the robins are redbreasts, and sing in winter.
When the hunchback left her that evening to spend the sailor's penny with the few others which she had earned, he swore that when he came back he would make her sing louder than she had done all day.
It was my sister; but we both sing," answered the young lady, "and we shall be very happy to sing to you by and by if you wish it.
The voices of many of them were also so faint as scarcely to be audible, in spite of their efforts to sing out; indeed, it seemed a wonder that they could utter any notes except those of wailing and despair.
The same instant he heard Archie and Jerry Bird sing out, and the man at the helm struggling desperately with a number of the Arabs, while from every part of the dhow arose shouts and cries.
She broke the icy bands that had bound the Smiling Pool and the Laughing Brook so long; and the Smiling Pool began to smile once more, and the Laughing Brook to gurgle and then to laugh and finally to sing merrily.
Let Alf Russell sing one of those good old hymns they used to sing in the meetings back at home.
Now sing it to the tune of 'When this Cruel War is Over,' called out the cook-humorist.
On wet or cold days, when the wind whistled through the forest and the old towers, she and her friends would dance in the hall, or sing songs together in the firelight.
One evening, when the earl had come in weary from a day's hunting, and had stretched himself in front of the huge hall fire, waiting for the skald or poet to come and sing to him the mighty deeds of his fathers the Vikings, Hacon ran in.
Mary had never been too busy to listen to them, or to play with them, or to sing them old songs, but now everyone was in too much of a hurry to pay them any attention.
She would leave the side of her sad mother and seek her governess, and, sitting at one of the windows of the Louvre that overlooked the Seine, would sing some of the songs composed by the loyal Cavaliers who had fought for her father.
Men despaired of the world, and retreated from it tosing mournful songs.
The empress was silent, and the princes began to sing the story of their lives.
On asking why they kept them in confinement, "Because they sing sweetly," was the answer.
Mpololo now acts the great man, and is followed every where by a crowd of toadies, who sing songs in disparagement of Mpepe, of whom he always lived in fear.
I suppose you still singmorning and evening, while you are washing up?
They pay you with hollow phrases about the noble German, the German Fatherland, the German sky, the German Rhine; and when you sing false, with rough German slaps upon your German faces.
These people would move heaven and earth for their man: they would put the peasants into lines by thousands, they would sing the Marseillaise, they would shout the 'country is in danger!
But, to be sure, they were a religious people, much attached to the doctrines of the Gospel, and who sing hymns with much feeling.
I remember one song they used to sing that always took immensely.
Here she used to kneel by his side, say her prayers, and sometimes sing in such a sweet low voice; and then the Colonel would kiss her, and tell her she would kill herself with watching him.
The time was when no one in company could sing a song as I could, and so I can again, now that I have something to cheer my heart.
He continued, in the daytime, to give me lessons in singing, and I could now singseveral songs very correctly.
My reply naturally was, that I had never heard any one sing but him, and therefore could not say.
Yes, you refused to singany more, and went off in a loud snore.
This afforded me much pleasure, and I used to sing half the day.
Then I sat down to rest myself a little before I commenced my return, and after I had been seated a few minutes, I thought I would sing a song by way of amusement.
I will sing a tune, and then do you repeat it after me.
I had no one to listen to me, it is true, but as my fondness for my garden increased, I used to sit down and sing to the flowers and shrubs, and fancy that they listened to me.
I mentioned before that during the latter portion of the time I was with Jackson, he had taught me to sing several songs.
The same winds whisper mournfully above them, or sing joyously, or breathe in thunder.
He would cast aside the mantle of gloom, become a good fellow, laugh frequently, sing occasionally; in fine, become his former self.
Yet sing me that well known air once more, For thoughts of youth still haunt its strain, Like dreams of some far fairy shore, I never shall see again.
While our coffee was boiling, he began to sing the praises of some bean soup he had just concocted; and, on my expressing some doubt of its excellence, nothing would do but I must taste it.
Out from far worlds it comes, With the strong Dawn it comes Brothers:--be mountain strong Sing not of fear!
Before he was born to the light of the Sun Father, I made the trail from the level land of the west where the snow is, to the deep heart of the world where the plants have blossoms in winter time, and the birds sing for summer.
Has the Viceroy then a collection of pretty birds in cages--and must they sing only for the viceregal ear?
They have magic, but the heart does not singto that magic--only the eyes see it.
As for Mrs. Devereux, she was prepared to sing 'Nunc dimittis.
Harold's favourite wine of the remembered brand was brought out as of old; then Pollie was persuaded to sing some of her oldest songs, while Mrs. Devereux and their guest talked confidentially in the verandah.
Mr. Gateward would sing for joy as far as his musical disabilities would permit him; and poor mother's bank account would be nearly twenty thousand pounds on the right side within a few weeks.
