I remembered a roundelay that we had sung in camp. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
Even so some sacred chorus,191 dancing a roundelay in honour of. From Wordnik.com. [Oeconomicus] Reference
A conference panel never moves beyond a roundelay of blurb-speak. From Wordnik.com. [Mayhill Fowler: Personal Democracy Forum 2010: Losing Faith in Obama and Big Government] Reference
It's the usual roundelay of friction and fun, though not terribly sparkling. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Nixon In China!" Olympia Dukakis On A Milkcart! Bloody Ethan Hawke! More!] Reference
But instead, it's a week-long roundelay of mea culpas from our very serious corporate media. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Cesca: Scott McClellan and No War For Barbeque] Reference
They formed a circle around the two Terrans and started a ritual sort of euphoric roundelay. From Wordnik.com. [Division 3]
I passed on the weekend roundelay of kiddie-league sports so our three could hang out with one another. From Wordnik.com. [THE GOOD ENOUGH MOTHER] Reference
Idly the joculatrix regarded him, her hands upon the table playing with the glasses, her lips faintly repeating the words of a roundelay. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
The cowboy and the new milch cow carol their roundelay. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks] Reference
A robin trilled a roundelay from some neighboring branch. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley] Reference
I'm sure the entire roundelay will repeat itself soon enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
There was a robin; but he sang the same little roundelay all the year. From Wordnik.com. [Sister Teresa] Reference
"And turn to groans his roundelay," having been suggested to him during revision. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference
His most famous book, The Singing Wilderness, is a roundelay of seasons in the north. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
They love him for singing his lonely, small roundelay, not waiting for the chorus or the sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference
Arose » bard of loftier porti For sonnet, rhyme, and roundelay, ltenowned in haughty Henry's court. From Wordnik.com. [The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem] Reference
With the laverock's lyric our fancy filled the sky -- with the throstle's roundelay it awoke the wood. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2] Reference
He plucked one to him, and in a moment the air was full of tender liquid notes -- a thrush's roundelay. From Wordnik.com. [Gathering of Brother Hilarius] Reference
And by night about the crackling camp fire our happy voices, all united, are uplifted in song and roundelay. From Wordnik.com. [Fibble, D.D.] Reference
In a cracked and tuneless voice he began humming a roundelay, evidently intended to express gaiety and contentment. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of Chance] Reference
In the evening the streets resounded with song and roundelay, and for many a year to come that which we looked back on as. From Wordnik.com. [Massacres of the South (1551-1815) Celebrated Crimes] Reference
The heavens and the earth do play Upon us, if we be in tune: Winter shouts hoarse his roundelay, And tender sweet pipes June. From Wordnik.com. [Our Unitarian Gospel] Reference
Song and roundelay, timbrels and harp, accompanied our forefathers on their wanderings, and preceded the armed men into battle. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference
As the market woman anticipated, this was a lucky Tuesday, and her pocket rattled a roundelay of satisfaction all the way home. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman's Advocate Vol. III] Reference
The fairies were singing a roundelay; and, as the melody floated over the waters, Victor and Blanche listened with throbbing hearts. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Book] Reference
He had probably remembered quite suddenly the golden roundelay his father sang when he was only a quick-breathing bundle in the nest. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference
And on board the little flagship Doughty and Drake talked together as those do whose minds answer one another like voices in a roundelay. From Wordnik.com. [Days of the Discoverers] Reference
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