...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...

...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...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And, when it chanced Thai pauses of deep silence mocked his skill, Then, someiimes,...

...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 aud redoubled." When they failed to answer him, and he hung listening intently for their voices, he...

...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...Responsive to his call, —with quivering peals, And long haloos, and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din...

...owls, That they might answer him. — And they would shout Across the watery vale, and shout ,igain, Responsive to his call, — with quivering peals,...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...

...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...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled; concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din! . . . (V.389-404) 1 Readers of Wordsworth know the charm of this world, the gentle...

...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 and redoubled, concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din. And when it chanc'd, That pauses of deep silence mock'd his skill, Then sometimes...

...Boy: 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...Responsive to his call, with quivering peals, And long hallóos and screams, and echoes loud, Redoubled and redoubled, concourse wild Of jocund din... (5.372-9)...

...Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hoot ings to the silent owls That they might answer him. And they would shout Across the watery vale and shout...redoubled, concourse wild Of jocund din - and, when a lengthened pause 380 Of silence came and baffled his best skill, Then sometimes, in that silence...

...the repetitions of two words, both repetitions having a performative character: . . . and they would Across the watery vale, and shout again, Responsive...echoes loud, Redoubled and redoubled, concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din; In this passage the expressions "and shout again" and "Redoubled and redoubled"...